But Who's Doing All That World Of Warcraft Gold Farming While Wo...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 07/15/2009 - 05:42

A few years back, we wrote about the rise of virtual sweatshops in China that involved "gold farming" in online worlds.

The idea was that these shops would get people to do repetitive tasks in online games to create virtual wealth that could be sold in the real world for cash.

Last month, there were some stories claiming that China was looking to crack down on gold farmers, but later analysis suggested it had less to do with...

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