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http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam?cat=world&type=article

"According to figures from the China Internet Centre, nearly £1.2bn of make- believe currencies were traded in China in 2008 and the number of gamers who play to earn and trade credits are on the rise."

Well I'm glad I never bought any game gold, but I kinda feel bad about persecuting farmers now ='(

Well I guess prisoners could be forced to do worse things than play games, like forced mining (and then I don't mean bitcoin mining, but the old harsh type in the coal mines).

But yes it's a very strange development, and a bit disconcerting. Blizzard could easily stop this from happening by selling WoW gold themselves. It's only a number in a database they could increase without any work, so they'll always have the competitive edge.

Funny we got that in french newspapers too yesterday.

and you buy this gold :P
and buy iphones/ipads, produced in institutionalized concentration camps["free economical zones"].
buy collagen/stem cells from murdered/kidnapped people.
and trade with countries, eating own citizens alive and/or trade their with [simialry]cannibalistic "colleagues" in [not so]"democratic" countries.
those fools who call Jackson-Vanik amendment[every-year vetoed by US president now :/] ridiculous and praising for national and international suicide, more frequently, just "play dumb" in best case.

I love how they list "make-believe" currency, if its worth something to someone it is a valid currency, wtf dont these people get ?

At the very least it could be classified as bartering