Beyond the Matrix

Contract - an agreement

Sale - the transfer of fair and reasonable payment in exchange for adequate access

Ethics - a review of whether a  contract for the exchange of digital assets is fair, taking into consideration the strengths of both sides. Within this analysis, due weight will be given to any "deliberate and designed obstacles" imposed upon one side by the other.

Ruling - a delivery of the outcome.

When reviewing contracts for the sale of "digital goods" and "other digital items" one must consider the possibility that the "timing" and the circumstances surrounding the "digital transfer" could have been generated "artificially" (meaning, by an outside influence). 

What may look like a "fair deal" to one person (a buyer) could be the result of "something else" (including activities of questionable or nefarious origin).  

It is not an adequate analysis to conclude that a sale was "fair and reasonable" based solely on the fact that the seller quoted a price and the buyer paid it. 

In fact, such a "swift sale" could be indicative of other factors, including desperation or exploitation (an unfortunate co-dependent relationship dynamic in which each prong gives rise to the other).

A review of whether or not a sale "crosses the line" (from an ethics perspective) is performed by an Ethics Committee, which has the authority, capability, and requisite support to halt a sale "midstream" should it fail an Ethics Review.