Digital Property

A 17 year-old Dutch teen has been arrested after stealing about 4000 euros worth of digital property on the popular chatting service Habbo Hotel. After luring their victims in revealing their passwords the virtual burglars stole the furniture and moved them to their own places.

The crime is considered to be theft due to the fact that the furniture was paid for with real money.

It reminds me of the time that I played World of Warcraft on a regular basis. Occasionally people would sell their characters for multiple reasons. This was something that was not allowed by Blizzard .. saying that the characters were still their property. Those selling the characters would say that they were not selling the characters, but their time.

Additonally there are also the 'goldfarmers' who are farming money to sell later to players who won't want to take the time to collect it themselves.

A BBC report about this on YouTube: World of Warcraft - BBC News Coverage, Chinese Gold Farming



Sources: BBC News