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Richard Heeks
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- Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester
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- UK
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- Member for
- 1 year 38 weeks
News, research and discussion on virtual goods, currencies and economies globally.
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- JVWR issue on virtual economies, goods and service delivery published
- Virtual Goods and Regulatory Insights from the European Perspective
- Second Life Sued: Intellectual Property and Virtual Economies
- Virtual Economy Research Network @ GDC 2010
- Resolving Goldfarming through Concealed Validated Auctions
- Game Design as Marketing: The Business/Game Developer's Dilemma
- Walled gardens are opening their gates: Linden acquires Avatars United, Habbo on Facebook
- Guest article: Game Commerce from virtual item sales to gold farming
- Virtual currency convertible to real money in Korea says Supreme court
- Three Phases of Gold Farming: Scientific American Article
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