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Game Worlds and The Law Collide

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-sell-my-stuff dept.

jnguy writes "Forbes points out another business boom due to video games: lawsuits. With all of the crimes being committed both over and within video games, lawyers are finding a new customer. Incidents cited include a man in Shanghai who was sentenced to life after killing someone for selling his 'dragon sabre.'" Update: 11/07 22:42 GMT by Z : Fixed hilarious dress-up typo.

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  1. Re:Uh, guys, hang on.. by Dragoonmac · · Score: 2, Informative

    I like to think about it this way... In America's Army if you frag your CO during training you get thrown in jail, effectively losing your account. If WoW, for example, was to implement a policy like this it would fit with their goal to present a sense of realism and demographics. ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story Id=4946772 for an example of this) Just think about how satisfying it would be if those stupid farmers got brought up on Digital Common Law charges for crimes against the game, their accounts get changed so they autospawn in an Ironforge Prison. And how interesting would the escape attempts be?

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