Chinese Justice

[Occhidiangela]

Online Gamer Stabbed for Selling Cyber-Saber

Sort of an interesting situation here, and it could, in the end, have bearing on the question of who owns in-game item content/cash -- the game provider or the customer.
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creating a dilemma in China where no law exists for the ownership of virtual weapons

What dilema?

More and more online gamers were seeking justice through the courts over stolen weapons and credits, the newspaper said.  "The armor and swords in games should be deemed as private property as players have to spend money and time for them," Wang Zongyu, an associate law professor at Beijing's Renmin University of China, was quoted as saying.

Kuh rap, professor. In latin, it is called "caveat emptor." How about one not clog courts with trivial crap like this and let them deal with murder . . . over trivial crap like this! :lol:

But other experts are calling for caution. "The 'assets' of one player could mean nothing to others as they are by nature just data created by game providers," a lawyer for a Shanghai-based Internet game company was quoted as saying.

No new law in China about this virtual property issue is needed, IMO. To paraphrase Otter (Animal House) "You screwed up, you trusted him." Access was given to something which someone held as valuable, and the "friend" betrayed a trust. Sorta like me leaving a bottle of expensive scotch on the counter when my father in law comes over. :lol: Of course, I won't kill him over it, I'll know better next time, eh?

Murder due to an interpersonal dispute is, however, covered by law in most nations. Looks to me like someone will be spending a bit of time in jail. Is there a "Black Hole of Beijing?"

Occhi