A Dutch court has convicted two youths of theft for stealing virtual items in a computer game and sentenced them to community service. Do you agree with this?
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They should make them have their characters go around and pick up all the cookies from everyones system that the game most likely has been dropping on all who log on.
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thats so dumb its just a video game its not like they actually stole it and was using it in real life... lol.... this crazy world now days
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A court's ruling must be respected. Judgments similar to the one you cite set precedences. There is no question of agreeing or disagreeing.
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Stock in a company is a virtual item too, you know. If they broke into your online brokerage account and stole your stock, would you want them arrested? Hmm, thought so.
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Only if the penalty matches the crime, say virtual community service : )
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thats with money or your online stock its not like something from a online video game is real and people are loosing money from it. thats two totally different things
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I do actually. Someone who would do the virtually would probably do it in real life if left to think they could get away with it.
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Actually they stole something that has value, if not substance. It makes sense. So does the sentence. A fine would have substance, while the time they are performing community service has value.
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Does this mean I'm going up for murder due to the first person shooter games I used to play?
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If the victim paid real money for the virtual items and those items were stolen using illegal tactics (like hacking) then I could see the thief doing real time.
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