One way that they could handle this situation would be to make players pay to rent space to store their items and characters. I know this will not ever be implemented at the present but in the future it might be a major consideration.
Why would a company try to ban the right to sell your possessions in an online game in the real world? It's very similar to the issue where Ebay stopped allowing people to auction off their Everquest characters. They should not have even considered stopping this; if someone wants to pay for it, let it rain.
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One way that they could handle this situation would be to make players pay to rent space to store their items and characters. I know this will not ever be implemented at the present but in the future it might be a major consideration.
This works especially well in MUDs and MUSH's.
Why would a company try to ban the right to sell your possessions in an online game in the real world?
It's very similar to the issue where Ebay stopped allowing people to auction off their Everquest characters.
They should not have even considered stopping this; if someone wants to pay for it, let it rain.