Dutch Court Punishes Theft of Virtual Property

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 23, 2008 @09:04AM from the pick-a-fight-your-first-day-with-the-toughest-avatar dept.

tsa writes "Last week, the Dutch court subjected two kids of ages 15 and 14 to 160 hours of unpaid work or 80 days in jail, because they stole virtual property from a 13-year-old boy. The boy was kicked and beaten and threatened with a knife while forced to log into Runescape and giving his assets to the two perpetrators. This ruling is the first of its kind for the Netherlands. Ars Technica has some more background information." In Japan, meanwhile, a woman has been arrested for "illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data" after (virtually) killing her (virtual) husband.

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Re:Hmm... It's no Boy Wonder... by davidsyes · 2008-10-23 10:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"The boy was kicked and beaten and threatened with a knife while forced to log into Runescape and giving his assets to the two perpetrators."
Rob-bin would be impressed (or, impressed upon)... forced to LOG in to Rune's CAPE, and giving his ass sets to the two perp e trators.
Perhaps Rune should have worn a chastity belt? And kept his cape closed...
Anyway, moral of the story: don't store your real assets in the nether... (and, don't brag about the value of the assets...)

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