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So what's the deal with this, it's not a crime because nothing physical was stolen?

Emperor's new clothes.

Live and learn.

In real life, if you lent say a £450 sword, i dont know why you would need to borrow one, but if you then sold it, then there's no crime done, because he didnt steal it in the first place.

Isn't it the same as hacking when you buy items off other people you didnt earn it so this is the sort of thing that should be brought up with admins not the police (the theft not the murder) but for gods sake why the hell would you want to buy these things. go out and spend the money getting a life, now im a fan of gaming, gees ive spent 150 hours on City of Heros, but there comes a point! why should i pay £460 (was it?) for an item. Its beyond me, if someone could explain it id me more than welcome.

There are no laws covering theft of virtual things.
Even if the guy bought that sword, he bought it 3rd party and then once the money had been exchanged, the guy gave him the sword in the game.
So through the virtual game, there has been no official purchasing of products.
So no there is no ownership over items.

So if he gave the sword to someone to borrow, essentially, they gave it to someone else, and got money 3rd party.
So officially in the game it was given from one person, to another, then to another for free.
No stealing envolved.

So the only crime was the murder.


(That's just my idea)

Someone once stole a flask of oil from me man i was so ENRAGED

Jesus, is she annoying?

Grix Thraves wrote:
> I love being a geek.

*insert edited comment less extroverted, so as not to attract attention*

Oh, to hell with it. Annoying is all it is, anyways.

You can steal anything from me in WoW EXCEPT:

a) A pirate hat
b) A nice cloak
c) My horsey

If any of these are stolen from me, I will go Max Payne on your ass.

However, I don't actually own any of these things yet.

I love being a geek.

"This is in contrast to places like South Korea which has a section of its police force that investigates in-game crime."

What a waste of police resources

I'd stab one of you if you nicked my gun in CSS.

These people that get so tied up in a game it's stupid, the losers that will pay money for a weapon or item need some help.