Quote Originally Posted by Laraul View Post
If it really we're illegal, then why doesn't SE actually take people involved in RMT to court or have them arrested? After all, according to you they have broken the law. I'm sure someone's gonna throw the "but they operate outside the countries where the law is enforceable" which is just a way of saying the software license has no weight in those countries. Regardless it's just a contract, and it's pretty clear that what is said in the Software License Agreement has little influence since it's basically not possible to enforce.
A contract is still a contract, even if it is difficult to enforce. Even if the chinese government isn't helping SE catch these criminals, the fact remains that they broke a law. And actually, it's quite common for gil/gold/whatever sellers to use stolen credit cards to pay for accounts. Nearly every game I know of with a serious RMT problem has mentioned that as an issue in the past. They're also not above infecting computers to steal account information either, which is also a crime.