Quote Originally Posted by TheJess View Post
There is nothing at all morally or criminally wrong with transferring an account for a fee. However, it is common for game companies to attempt to bar such a practice for the reasons Weasel articulated, namely to manage their revenues.

Whether the SAS syndicates decide to report people who sell their accounts is their own prerogative, and whether it is an underhanded way to compete is anyone's to debate.

However, it is clear to nearly everyone, except the usual troll, that it smells of jealousy and desperation. And, the way SAS chose to announce their decision to report transfers leaves the typical bad taste.
There is nothing morally wrong with transferring an account for a fee? I'm no lawyer, so really can't say much about the legality of it, but exchanging for monetary gain an item/product which does not belong to you, thus depriving the actual owner of said item or product of their due earnings, is not right from any angle. IMO, that is tantamount to theft.

Spin it however you want, people who sell accounts are making a profit from selling something which they did not create, invent, produce, etc., and that they do not, have not, and never will control ownership of.