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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The SL Banking ban - fear and greed]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/second-life/" rel="tag">Second Life</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/01/bank-protest1.jpg" /></div>
<p>It's said that two of the most prevalent economic forces in the world are fear and greed. <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/08/linden-lab-cracks-down-on-second-life-banks/" target="_blank">Linden Lab's new banking ban</a> has highlighted both of those, in spades.</p>
<p>Linden Lab has absolutely refused to act as a regulator of banking in <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/second-life" target="_blank"><em>Second Life</em></a> in an ongoing fashion, and have therefore chosen to bar the practice entirely, except where operators can prove that they are already regulated by real-world authorities. Not just legal - <em>regulated</em>.</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The SL Banking ban - fear and greed</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/">The SL Banking ban - fear and greed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1081975/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/the-sl-banking-ban-fear-and-greed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>arbitrage-wise</category><category>baba-yamamoto</category><category>economy</category><category>jt-financial</category><category>kobe24-losangeles</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>opinion</category><category>second-life</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
