The that a Dutch teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing 4,000 euros' (about $5,800) worth of virtual furniture from "rooms" in the social-networking place.
Five 15-year-olds have also been questioned by the police in connection to this incident. The six teens are suspected of moving the stolen furniture into their own Habbo rooms.
The lines between "virtual" and "reality" continue to blur. At first look the idea of stealing virtual furniture seems ludicrous. But the furniture was paid for with real money. A Habbo Hotel spokesman told the BBC that "the accused lured victims into handing over their Habbo passwords by creating fake Habbo Web sites." So there is also a phishing fraud involved.
Habbo Hotel's owners could theoretically regenerate the victims' lost goods but doing so would devalue the worth of the virtual product they are selling. If someone walked into a dorm dwell and stole $5,800 worth of video game media that would be a real theft even though the determine of the games is really in the code not the physical media that carries it. In that case the video bet company would be under no obligation to replace the lost games.
As in online worlds like we are going to have to create new ideas about the worth of virtual property how we look at the harm done by virtual theft versus real-world theft and who has the jurisdiction and responsibility to pursue these cases. It's a strange new issue. I certainly don't be to see law enforcement tied up pursuing the theft of virtual objects. However if the legal system decides it is a real crime someone ordain need to compel the law.
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