Convicted Over Theft Of Virtual Money

[Solar Legion]

It's not an "argument" - it's a reflection of reality.

 

As far as putting a value on human life .... you're not supposed to place that sort of value on it. That's a whole other kettle of fish.

[Phil Deakins]

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Solar Legion wrote:

It's not an "argument" - it's a reflection of reality.

 

As far as putting a value on human life .... you're not supposed to place that sort of value on it.

That's a whole other kettle of fish.

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Maybe so, but does a kettle of fish have any real value? That's assuming you can get the fish into the kettle in the first place, of course.

[Drake1 Nightfire]

Think i could buy Manhattan for $30 worth of beads and buttons today?

[Orca Flotta]

What I say is often irrelevent

No, it's not irrelevent. But irrelevant. :smileytongue::smileyvery-happy:

[Innula Zenovka]

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Sabean Pagan wrote:

Either way, much as I sympathise with her (I used to play Mafia Wars and lost a LOT of inventory which pretty much ruined my game character) this could set a silly precedent.

 

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Precidents are set when a superior court (the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court) decides on a point of law.   Swansea Magistrates cannot, I think, set precedents binding on anyone else.  

In any event, what "precedent," silly or otherwise, do you say could be set by the following circumstances?

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Belmont, of Swansea, admitted an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 of gaining unauthorised access to a computer and making unauthorised modifications to computer material

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If it had been L$, however, I am pretty sure that he could have been charged with theft (or possibly fraud), at least in England, since L$ have a pecuniary value.   That is, while obviously they aren't money, they clearly have a monetary value in that they can be traded for cash or for virtual goods (i.e. a licence to use someone else's IP) what would otherwise cost cash to buy in the Marketplace.