Teens convicted of virtual theft

By at 10:41 am Thursday, Oct 23

Two Danish Dutch teenagers were convicted of virtually roughing up a classmate in the multiplayer online game RuneScape and stealing some virtual goods from him. From the Associated Press:
"These virtual goods are goods (under Dutch law), so this is theft," the court said on Tuesday in a summary of its ruling...

The 15-year-old was sentenced to 200 hours service, and the 14-year-old to 160 hours.
"Teens convicted of virtual theft"

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