This guy is one of the folks who have made a business of buying and selling the objects and properties created in the popular multi-user game worlds. He seems to be doing OK with it.
Since last summer, Dibbell has boldly proclaimed on his blog that on April 15, 2004, he would "truthfully report to the IRS that my primary source of income is the sale of imaginary goods, and that I earn more from it, on a monthly basis, than I have ever earned as a professional writer."Posted by jackhodgson at April 16, 2004 03:00 PM