lol. I'd say 5 years is fair.

Yahoo story

I think she should serve the exact amount of time the guy actually spent in-game(max 5 years).

I have played other mmo's and this has happened a few times lol. Only it was more karma than revenge. People would share info and use it to cheat. So when one person would get mad they would log onto the other persons account and delete the characters. We never called it "murder", its more destruction of personal property(heh maybe virtual murder lol, but that raises legal ramifications of virtual suicide when you delete a character yourself and dont even mention all the virtual pro-life religious freaks). But I guess in a way it is.

In that yahoo story's example the guy didnt really do anything to deserve losing his character. How much REAL LIFE time did he waste on it?? I think destroying something somebody else spent alot of time on making SHOULD be compensated for whether it was virtual or in real life.

up to 5 years... ridiculous.. gaming is dead, people kill for games and consoles, fanboys wage war everyday, jack thompsons all over the place, DRM, greedy companys like ea.. we all going to dierising141

The Apocalypse is upon use!

(seriously though, what is the world coming too. :()

What is this world coming to? A woman goes to jail for killing her ex's virtual character on a game!!!!WTF!!!!!twilightpanda

The fact that this is a virtual character is inconsequential. If you destroy someone's personal property you have to pay for it. Some of these virtual things are pretty valuable, I've heard of people selling things for hundreds and even thousands of dollars.

What is this world coming to? A woman goes to jail for killing her ex's virtual character on a game!!!!WTF!!!!!twilightpanda

I agree with the ruling. He invested five years of his life into this game, god only knows how much money on subscription fees (and possible RMT)...at that point you have a legitimate property with a substantial time and money investment involved.

So when considering punishment for the destruction of legitimate property, you have to take into account the time put into it and the money spent on it. She should do five years and have to pay up five years worth of subscription fees, at the very least.

[QUOTE="twilightpanda"]What is this world coming to? A woman goes to jail for killing her ex's virtual character on a game!!!!WTF!!!!!DarkCatalyst

I agree with the ruling. He invested five years of his life into this game, god only knows how much money on subscription fees (and possible RMT)...at that point you have a legitimate property with a substantial time and money investment involved.

So when considering punishment for the destruction of legitimate property, you have to take into account the time put into it and the money spent on it. She should do five years and have to pay up five years worth of subscription fees, at the very least.

but i cant decide which one is more insane, the woman for having this kind of grudge for the man or the man for calling police for his characters...

some people need real LIFE!

maybe both of them should be arrested for wasting police's time...

Well if you take out the "game" part of the story, then it makes little bit more sense.

The article wrote that she "killed" the game character, and I'm thinking what actually happened was she deleted his character.

Anyway the point is that she damaged someone else's property that she didn't have any rights to. It would be similar to her coming into your home and breaks a TV.

so what are you in for?

murder!

The laws broken here have to do with unauthorized access to a computer system, a very serious crime. What she did falls into the category of hackers that steal bank account info or company secrets... she just had a different goal for logging into someone else's account. Just because the account she accessed was a game rather than a bank account or something doesn't change the fact that she broke the law, which has the benalty of up to 5 years in prison.

The loss the guy suffered would be handled in civil court, not criminal court, where he could sue for damages but not jailtime. At least, that's how it would work here.

[QUOTE="DarkCatalyst"]

[QUOTE="twilightpanda"]What is this world coming to? A woman goes to jail for killing her ex's virtual character on a game!!!!WTF!!!!!TheLegendKnight

I agree with the ruling. He invested five years of his life into this game, god only knows how much money on subscription fees (and possible RMT)...at that point you have a legitimate property with a substantial time and money investment involved.

So when considering punishment for the destruction of legitimate property, you have to take into account the time put into it and the money spent on it. She should do five years and have to pay up five years worth of subscription fees, at the very least.

but i cant decide which one is more insane, the woman for having this kind of grudge for the man or the man for calling police for his characters...

some people need real LIFE!

maybe both of them should be arrested for wasting police's time...

Lets say his hobby was fixing up old cars.

He's been working on a particular car for five years and he's pumped lots of money into it. One day his girlfriend gets pissed and smashes the car up. Is it a waste of time to call the police? Is the guy crazy because he wants retribution for the destruction of his property?

Of course not. It shoudn't make any difference that this is a vitual character.

Lets say his hobby was fixing up old cars.

He's been working on a particular car for five years and he's pumped lots of money into it. One day his girlfriend gets pissed and smashes the car up. Is it a waste of time to call the police? Is the guy crazy because he wants retribution for the destruction of his property?

Of course not. It shoudn't make any difference that this is a vitual character.

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ok, i'm including you too

Wow, this is hilarious.

But seriously, the police have every right to arrest her for hacking the game. Mind, I don't think she should be severely punished at all.