Comment Re:The people will be the ones who suffer (Score 0) 667
Yes, and that rational is regarded by the vast majority of the world as absolutely legitimate.
Comment Re:Rights are like muscles (Score 1) 897
"I used the lawyers line "Rights are like muscles, they become weak if you do not exercise them." I've used this line dozens of times in my life and I have never had a cop continue to bug me after using it... although several commented that it was clever."
Then congratulations on living in a rich privileged suburb, I guess. If you said that in most of the United States, the cop would have just cracked you over the head with his weapon. In bad parts of the United States you would have had a reasonable chance of ending up dead.
It never ceases to amaze me how sheltered and out of touch the Slashdot community truly is.
Rights To Virtual Property In Games? 167
With the rise of MMOs and other persistent environments over the last decade, the trafficking of virtual game property has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Regardless of whether the buying and trading goes on with the blessing of the content provider (or, in many cases, the owner of the account in question), the question of players' rights to virtual goods is coming to the forefront. The Escapist Magazine takes a look at how some companies are structuring their EULA in this regard, and what some countries, such as China, are doing to handle the issue.
"... the differences between China and the West in this case have more to do with scale than cultural norms. So many people play online games in Asia — and play them so intensely — that social problems in meatspace society inevitably emerge in virtual worlds as well. ... The general consensus, therefore, is that paradigm shifts like the ones that have already occurred in Asia will inevitably come to the West, and with them, the need for legislative scaffolding that keeps us all from killing each other."
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