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South Korea fact of the day
Players in South Korea have been prosecuted for stealing virtual property. More than half of the 40,000 computer crimes investigated by South Korea's National Police Agency in 2003 involved online games.
Can you defame someone's avatar? Does antitrust law apply? Here is the link.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on March 29, 2006 at 08:16 AM in Law | Permalink
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Here's an idea on how they can handle that:
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/23/virtual-crucifixion-punishes-bad-behaviour-online/
Posted by: Alexander Wolfe at Mar 29, 2006 9:23:08 AM
You can't "steal" what doesn't exist, all it amounts to is cheating at a game.
Posted by: Half Sigma at Mar 29, 2006 9:26:14 AM
You can't "steal" what doesn't exist, all it amounts to is cheating at a game.
But when game items are exchangeable for real won on the market, it's not just a game anymore -- the cheating has realworld financial consequences for the party stolen from.
Posted by: Taeyoung at Mar 29, 2006 12:00:37 PM
Which is why most companies that run MMOs try to prevent the sale of in-game property in the real world. They retain de facto ownership of all assets that you acquire in the game and the right to cancel your account.
Posted by: Swimmy at Mar 29, 2006 3:21:40 PM
It always surprises me that there is any real difference betweeen these online games and any other form of software. I'm surprised that property rights haven't arisen in this market as quickly as in other online areas. This should be litter different than stealing a domain name (which exceedingly similar). You do not own either, you just lease an entry in a database for a period of time.
Posted by: nelsonal at Mar 30, 2006 9:06:41 AM
"But when game items are exchangeable for real won on the market, it's not just a game anymore"
It's still a game, but now you are paying someone to cheat for you.
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