That is untrue and as I elaborated in every single case we've found where someone was flagged for RMT who shouldn't have been, they were doing something else they shouldn't have been. Not so much a false positive as a positive for the wrong activity.

It may be mincing words a bit but there's a very big difference from my perspective as these aren't really innocents getting caught in the crossfire.

In all fairness, if your internet "friend" actually was doing something in violation of the EULA (botting, RMT, or otherwise) are you really sure they would admit it to you...

and just as easy for him to try to be hiding his illicit activities under the legal ones.

One thing to keep in mind if it takes that long to get a response other than "Goodbye" it could very well mean they are taking the time to be thorough, which in my mind is preferable a fast and probably negative outcome.

I fully understand that, I'm not trying to say your concern is not valid.

But if this situation involved a lot of ISK transactions/transfers it's going to take a much longer period of time to trace the income from all those sources.

That being said, I'm just applying common sense (that I think you can agree with). It could also just as easily be that the case you are concerned about slipped through the cracks somehow. It's unlikely, but they are only human so it is possible.

It's also possible that some RMT monies were in the mix that your friend was unaware of, which would complicate things a great deal.

You are doing what you should do, check back on the situation periodically for progress. Just don't lose sight of the fact that many of the details about any of these cases really can't be released (which makes it hard to keep in perspective when it's a long time aquaintance involved).

That, and my original point still holds. You can know someone for years in this game, and yet still be surprised by them dabbling in activities like this... often out of curiosity or a non-reoccuring need. Embarrassment keeps them from fessing up right away, which is understandable too.

You know what I'm saying... and that I'm not trying to throw stones directly at you or your friend.

vicious.

I can type what I want

To my understanding, if it were illegal, you could sue people for RMT'ing or botting the game, but you can't, so all you can do is terminate their accounts and stop providing them the service.

This would be an abuse of the DMCA. ISK as a word cannot be copyrighted, because you can't copyright a word. You'd have a hard time making any copyright claim to "ISK" or "EVE Online ISK" under copyright law. Now, if they're taking images from CCP's sites, that's another matter.

And copyright law doesn't even begin to cover actions taken within the game to transfer ISK from one party to another.

That being said, I'd imagine there are avenues open under Trademark law.

(Far, far too many people confuse Copyright law, Trademark law, and Patent law. The more we can do to end that confusion, the better.)

(Standard IANAL disclaimer.)