[MUD-Dev] Virtual property lawsuit in China

[Kerry Fraser-Robinson]

Daniel Anderson wrote:
> Raph Koster wrote:

>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_812039.html?menu=news.quirkies

>> A computer gamer is taking a software firm to court after he
>> suddenly lost all of his virtual weapons.

> Is this the first time this has happened?

For what it's worth I doubt very much this is the first time this
has happened and I have a sneaky feeling that there's people on this
list that could confirm that. ;-)

I know it isn't quite the right topic but I think this overlaps with
the great cybercrime debate and I had some links to hand so I
thought I'd just cut&paste them in.

Some varying perspectives around the globe:

  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39115585,00.htm
  http://www.info.gov.hk/police/hkp-home/english/tcd/tcdalert.htm#games
  http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2282980/detail.html
  http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/14/0523248.shtml?tid=127
  http://cybercrimes.net/ba.html
  http://www.hackercourt.org/

-KFR
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