I'll be doing 3-4 pieces on it shortly, Phil. Have interviews with:
Intro
The general image of gold sellers as bots, Chinese, hackers etc
Academic studies on size of market, its growth, how it's $1bn worldwide
Sophistication and intro of legit RMT (real money trading) by some MMO companies
1. Gold sellers
a) Chinese gold farmer
b) Large Chinese company
c) Old school player who used to make £100 a month doing it
d) Guy who reviews gold selling companies and uses them
2. Players
Various, both users of gold selling and anti- or bad experiences (hacked)
3. MMO companies
a) Blizzard (generic "it's bad" statement)
b) CCP (Eve Online, who have introduced some of their own legit gold selling as well as fighting vs gold sellers from outside)
c) Jagex, the makers of Runescape
d) Sony Entertainment (Everquest, who have introduced legit gold selling)