Okay stealing virtual stuff in a game is against the law. lets go with this. but not all eve players are DUTCH! so meaning didly squat can be done to them.

im pretty sure the dutch hail from the Netherlands

good luck flying lawers to duschland.

The Dutch are only good for high quality drugs and ****. nothing else has any value coming out of the Netherlands

HmmG as a point of comparison, what happens if someone, say, car-jacks a leased car (the closest real-good equivalent I could think of)?

according to this dutch news article click here
Stealing virtual items in games is considered By the dutch supreme court real theft and thus a criminal act punishable by law.

What does CCP think about this i guess a countries supreme court overrules TOS from ccp ??

good luck flying lawers to duschland.

A lil kid is threatened ingame by someone that if he doesn't eject from his ship, he will find him in RL and kill him.

Now i know most of u think, OMG just petition/ignore/kill him ingame/whatever.

Well, it could make RMT legal, for oneG

Basically, the precedent set simply means that, even though the items stolen don't exist, it's still (armed?) robbery rather than simple assault. There's probably some legal tongue-twisting that can be made to retain the status quo without actually diminishing the precedent: the company still owns the virtual items as the EULA claims, but the right to access and use said items is what's being robbedG or some such.

What is interesting in this case is that the courts ruled that the virtual items had an intrinsic value to the victim. This is despite the fact that the EULA clearly states that the virtual items are owned by Jagex Games Studio. This has the potential to set precedent which overturns portions of EULAs in virtually every MMO out there.

according to this dutch news article click here
Stealing virtual items in games is considered By the dutch supreme court real theft and thus a criminal act punishable by law.

What does CCP think about this i guess a countries supreme court overrules TOS from ccp ??

What is interesting in this case is that the courts ruled that the virtual items had an intrinsic value to the victim. This is despite the fact that the EULA clearly states that the virtual items are owned by Jagex Games Studio. This has the potential to set precedent which overturns portions of EULAs in virtually every MMO out there.

Now for a game like EVE Online, we won't have to worry about virtual thefts being prosecuted, because virtual thefts are a part of the game itself - similar to how you can't prosecute someone for theft when they capture your queen in a game of chess.

But what this might mean is that CCP might have a certain degree of responsibility to make sure we have access to our virtual items.

THE HAGUE - The grabbing of a virtual amulet and mask in an online computer is stolen. Virtual assets have value because much time and effort has gone to collect the goods.

The Dutch are only good for high quality drugs and ****. nothing else has any value coming out of the Netherlands

according to this dutch news article click here
Stealing virtual items in games is considered By the dutch supreme court real theft and thus a criminal act punishable by law.

What does CCP think about this i guess a countries supreme court overrules TOS from ccp ??

One simple thing for the OP to remember when interpreting law, as I learned in law school, is that if you have two possible interpretations, one of which leads to absurdity and the other to something more reasonable, then the path taken by the courts will probably be the latter, not the former...

Op's interpretation would mean that all ingame wars were subject to the geneva convention.

What does CCP think about this i guess a countries supreme court overrules TOS from ccp ??

Translator isn't working very well, so I'm not sure if it's correct, but as I understand the theft was done via means outside of the game. So it's rather different than the thefts in EVE.

I know a few virtual lawyers. Any help?

The second. They held a 13 year old kid down and beat him till he agreed to log into the game and transfer his stuff over.

OP needs to learn about context.

good luck flying lawers to duschland.

according to this dutch news article click here
Stealing virtual items in games is considered By the dutch supreme court real theft and thus a criminal act punishable by law.

What does CCP think about this i guess a countries supreme court overrules TOS from ccp ??

as in game stealing, i.e. legitimate pickpocket, marauder, robbery, unfair trade.

Or stealing through malicious soft, hacking, hijacking, scams and unethical practices, such as intimidation and house infiltration. Out of game.

Which is it about?

as in game stealing, i.e. legitimate pickpocket, marauder, robbery, unfair trade.

Or stealing through malicious soft, hacking, hijacking, scams and unethical practices, such as intimidation and house infiltration. Out of game.

Which is it about?

as in game stealing, i.e. legitimate pickpocket, marauder, robbery, unfair trade.

Or stealing through malicious soft, hacking, hijacking, scams and unethical practices, such as intimidation and house infiltration. Out of game.

Which is it about?