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mathewingram.com - 10/24/2008
Theft, murder and virtual worlds
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Two recent news items got me thinking about “virtual theft” and other crimes that either take place inside virtual worlds or involve virtual goods. I don’t know why exactly, but this kind of thing fascinates me. Maybe it’s because it’s another example of online ...
news24.com - 10/23/2008
Teens convicted of virtual theft: Sci-Tech: News
— news24.com — 22/10/2008 14:45 - (SA) Amsterdam - A Dutch court has convicted two youths of theft for stealing... virtual items in a computer game and sentenced them to community service. Only a handful of such cases have been heard in the world, and they have ... (more) Teens convicted of virtual theft: Sci-Tech: News
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Don’t Mind The Virtual Gun I’m Pointing At Your Virtual Head
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... What’s next - being charged for following someone too often in Second Life or seeing jail time for virtually  handling virtually stolen goods in some other virtual world? The idea that what we do when we step foot in a virtual world and has absolutely nothing to do with our real world can have some sort of legal ramifications in our real world is incredulous. As Mathew Ingram asked in his post about this today ...

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