So it has come to this...
Some Dutch Runescape player was assaulted and violently beaten by two other teenagers, who forced him to transfer to them several high-value in-game items he had earned, notably a special mask and amulet. The opinion from the Supreme Court of the Netherlands Either Google Translate needs fine-tuning or the crackdown by the Dutch on mind-altering drugs in recent years is really for the best. Long and awesomely terrible story short, virtual objects qualify as "goods," being desirable pieces of art, so they cannot be usurped through coercion from their rightful owners, and the theft conviction was upheld. The grim reality being presented to us can only reaffirm how lowly and stupid the human race remains, and dares to suggest that we have reached a new sociopathic low as a species. Putting aside for the moment the deep philosophical ramifications which will haunt me forever, I'm fairly certain this is the most pathetic, small-minded robbery which has ever gone to the highest tribunal of any nation. |
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