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Is it legal to sell Pok&#233;mon?
<p>In the games, given enough effort and time, a player can get Pokémon with better stats and alternate color palettes, and are highly valued by players. Additionally, there is a built-in function that allows players to offer certain Pokémon in exchange for others. Often, players using this function will offer higher value Pokémon for other similarly rare Pokémon. For a lot of people, paying for these Pokémon might actually seem to be more efficient.</p>

<p>My question is purely hypothetical and I have no desire to do this, but if I started working in my games to legitimately generate these more valuable Pokémon, could I legally sell them online? More generally, is selling digitally generated goods legal?</p>

<p>I debated putting this question on Arqade, but I figured I might get more in depth answers on Law.</p>

<p>Most games have a TOS to playing that include provisions such as sales of in game items through out of game currencies (i.e. real world money changes hands for digital product or account).  I believe Pokemon does have this as part of the TOS which could get you and potential customers banned from competition and possibly the modern online trade features, but am unable to look at the current TOS to verify.  It should not be hard to find such a document and read for yourself.</p>
