Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

[Gyotsha]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

It's not a crime. Players never actually own their account in an MMORPG. A more accurate comparison would be somebody breaking and entering into a hotel room you rented.

[Feba]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

Players never actually own their account in an MMORPG

That has nothing to do with the crime.

Saying "he doesn't REALLY own it, he just pays for it and is in control of it." would be about as successful in court as saying the same thing about a timeshare. If you illegally use someone's timeshare, you're still abusing their property in some fashion. For that matter, you could say the same thing about a house with a mortgage.

[Mhurron]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

A more accurate comparison would be somebody breaking and entering into a hotel room you rented.

Which is a crime.

[Gyotsha]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

Which is a crime.

Yes, but it's the hotels problem.

Instead of going to court with the possibility of 5 years in prison or a $5000 charge, her character should just be banned.

[Phanex]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

Yes, but it's the hotels problem.

I think what Gyotsha is saying is, the Hotel/SE/"the company who owns mapy story" should press charges not the man? I could be wrong.

[Kitalrez]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

Just be glad it isn't Second Life. I'm not sure she could log on and kill him there, but I do know she could log on and give away/destroy his penis. There may be things worse than death...

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

Just be glad it isn't Second Life. I'm not sure she could log on and kill him there, but I do know she could log on and give away/destroy his penis. There may be things worse than death...

[Gyotsha]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

I think what Gyotsha is saying is, the Hotel/SE/"the company who owns mapy story" should press charges not the man? I could be wrong.

Ya, that's more or less what I was getting at. They should be either the ones suing, which is unlikely, or doing the punishing. The way I see it, it's their world, their laws. For the most part anyways. Now if their ToS says anything about hacking resulting in criminal charges, then ya, I can see the jail time and fines being justified.

[Feba]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

The way I see it, it's their world, their laws.

Except that we're talking about abusing computer systems IN THE REAL WORLD. This is not PVP, this is acting outside of the game.

[Ameroth]

Re: Police say woman logged on virtual reality game and killed ex's avatar

The way I see it, it's their world, their laws.

This would be true if you didn't have to factor in the usage of real world computers in actual reality to access virtual reality... qwert