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virtuallyblind.com - 10/21/2008

Netherlands Court Finds Criminal Liability and Sentences Two Youths for Theft of Virtual Goods

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Our friends at MindBlizzard report that a Netherlands court has found criminal liability for the theft of virtual goods from the hybrid free/paid MMO game Runescape. From the post at Mindblizzard: [T]he court has reached a verdict and has sentenced two boys to conditional detention and civil ...

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Netherlands Court Finds Criminal Liability and Sentences Two Youths for Theft of Virtual Goods
Virtual Economy Research Network — ... [Updated 10/22: A VB reader found the original court opinion and put a link to a Google translation in the comments. Thanks!] ...

Netherlands say virtual goods are
Raph's Website — ... Leeuwarden District Court says the culprits, 15 and 14 years old, coerced a 13-year-old boy into transferring a “virtual amulet and a virtual mask” from the online adventure game RuneScape to their game accounts. “These virtual goods are goods (under Dutch law), so this is theft,” the court said Tuesday in a summary of its ruling. –Associated Press: Dutch youths convicted of virtual theft. Virtually Blind has a take on it as well: That’s interesting, and for better ...