South Korea fact of the day

by on March 29, 2006 at 8:16 am in Law | Permalink

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.

Alexander Wolfe March 29, 2006 at 9:23 am
Taeyoung March 29, 2006 at 12:00 pm

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.

nelsonal March 30, 2006 at 9:06 am

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.

levan September 7, 2006 at 2:58 am

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