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    <title>Gamasutra - China To Add 20% Tax On Virtual Goods Profits</title>
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    <dc:creator>infovore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["China's State Administration of Taxation announced that it will impose a 20 percent personal income tax on profit from virtual money." Woah, the 21st Century really did hit, didn't it?
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    <dc:creator>infovore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Disney are shutting down VMK despite its continued success and large userbase; as a "promotion", it's run its course. Some of the comments are very affecting. Lessons to be learned about the implicit contracts you create when you build worlds.
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    <dc:creator>infovore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Are we absolutely sure that this is the very best we can offer young people?" [Lord Puttnam] asked. "Do we really want them to think of themselves as not much more than consumers?"
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    <dc:creator>infovore</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["By today, the headquarters of Front National has entirely disappeared from Porcupine; in its place, a tiny casino has sprung up overnight, and is already receiving customers." Second Life _is_ Las Vegas!
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