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If Somer Blink pledged some 'blinkgate' profits towards future plex-for-good...
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Domanique Altares
Rifterlings
#61 - 2013-12-10 03:30:47 UTC
Garandras wrote:

(I work in Compition & Comsumer Law)


What?
Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#62 - 2013-12-10 03:35:18 UTC
Domanique Altares wrote:
What?


I work for the Austalian Compition and Consumer Commission

My job is to investigate buisnesses doing dogey practices and cartels..

I read the EULA and looking at how Somer Blink is operating, out of interest and I beleive there is no actual breach happening here.

So its a case of CCP has to change their policy or there is nothing wrong occuring here
Domanique Altares
Rifterlings
#63 - 2013-12-10 03:39:24 UTC
Garandras wrote:
Domanique Altares wrote:
What?


I work for the Austalian Compition and Consumer Commission


So you work for an agency that you can't spell the name of, and we're expected to accept your legal opinion as valid?
Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#64 - 2013-12-10 03:45:50 UTC
Domanique Altares wrote:
Garandras wrote:
Domanique Altares wrote:
What?


I work for the Austalian Compition and Consumer Commission


So you work for an agency that you can't spell the name of, and we're expected to accept your legal opinion as valid?


Lol fair enough..

Carppy keyboard and no spell check


I'm not a lawyer.. but I do report to the lawyers with my opinion to determine if we move forward with legal action
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#65 - 2013-12-10 03:51:44 UTC
Garandras wrote:
Domanique Altares wrote:
Garandras wrote:
Domanique Altares wrote:
What?


I work for the Austalian Compition and Consumer Commission


So you work for an agency that you can't spell the name of, and we're expected to accept your legal opinion as valid?


Lol fair enough..

Carppy keyboard and no spell check


I'm not a lawyer.. but I do report to the lawyers with my opinion to determine if we move forward with legal action


Not a lawyer. Check.

Internet lawyering. Check.

Situation normal.

I think I'll trust CCP to be able to interpret their own EULA when they want to and determine whether a third party practice needs to change.
Garandras
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#66 - 2013-12-10 04:03:28 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
I think I'll trust CCP to be able to interpret their own EULA when they want to and determine whether a third party practice needs to change.


Yes... and the practice hasnt really changed, only no more bonus credit. Which was a Knee jerk reaction to the people crying RMT.

SomerBlink is still getting paid just in a slightly less amount
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#67 - 2013-12-10 04:45:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
Garandras wrote:
Scipio Artelius wrote:
I think I'll trust CCP to be able to interpret their own EULA when they want to and determine whether a third party practice needs to change.


Yes... and the practice hasnt really changed, only no more bonus credit. Which was a Knee jerk reaction to the people crying RMT.

SomerBlink is still getting paid just in a slightly less amount


You need to read that again. The practice hasn't changed, except for where it has. Um, ok.

What they are doing now is not RMT in terms of the association with the game and EULA. There was never a problem with them getting real money through an arrangement with Markee Dragon, just in the same way that the many third party ETC/GTC sellers get paid to sell time codes.

Real money transactions are necessary in order for CCP to have their income stream.

Where it was wrong and now changed was in the use of ISK as an inducement to use them as a referrer. That was where it crossed into EULA territory.

However, all of that is water under the bridge now. It's history and CCP have clarified that. It isn't even worth discussing anymore and certainly not within the context of this thread. In terms of this thread, SomerBlink have done something good through the donation of 4000 PLEX and should be applauded for it.