Alex Weiss And Virtual Sharing

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1. Alex Weiss's argued that a computer gamer's should gamers be prosecuted for virtual stealing. He supports this by using his personal experience with the game such as, "he joined corporations, running scams in which he bribed money from players, then blocked them or kept the messages for future use."Also, he states," ...this ruling makes no sense to me" in response to the Dutch Supreme Court's decision. I do not agree with him because even if a game is just a way to escape from the real world, people still put their own money and time in it. I believe that alone should be enough to apply to the law of stealing.
2. One issue that may occur in the next few years with online gaming theft would be, how could someone prove something they paid

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