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Shady World of Warcraft gold sellers have been dealt a blow by Blizzard, with the mega publisher filing a complaint with PayPal to prevent the sale of the in-game currency through the online payment service.
Gold sellers pose as players, but are really just in the game to sell their gold, characters and highly prised items. The major sellers of these items are now going to have a tricky time selling them, as PayPal can no longer be used.
PayPal sent the following notice to all affected parties:
“You were reported to PayPal as an Intellectual Properties violation by Blizzard Entertainment Inc. for the sale of World of Warcraft Merchandise.
“If you feel your sales do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of the Reporting Party, please complete the attached Objection to Infringement Report by January 21, 2011.
“The completed form should be faxed to the attention of the Acceptable Use Policy Department at [number removed] or emailed to [email removed].
“Should you choose not to object to the report, you will be required to remove all World of Warcraft Merchandise from the website [url removed] in order to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy.”
Via Curse
How this will affect WoW item and gold sellers remains to be seen, but it should at least put a dent in sales in the short term.
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World of Warcraft
- Platform(s): macOS, PC
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online, RPG
