Madness In China – Online Theft Results in Offline Murder
Legal loophole sees online gamer flip.
A somewhat depressing story today from the somewhat depressing world of online gaming which sees a gamer arrested for murder following a dispute over a stolen in-game item.
According to the China Daily newspaper, the Shanghai Regional Court was told that Qiu Chengwei, 41, stabbed fellow gamer Zhu Caoyuan repeatedly in the chest after he was led to believe that Zhu had sold his dragon sabre following games of Legend of Mir 3.
According to the defence, Qiu won the sword last February and lent it to Zhu, who then sold it for 7,200 yuan.
“Zhu promised to hand over the cash but an angry Qui lost patience and attacked Zhu at his home, stabbing him in the left chest with great force and killing him," stated the prosecution.
However, it emerged that before the violent act that resulted in the tragic death of the victim, it is claimed that the defendant contacted police to report the theft but was informed that as the item didn’t exist in the real world, no action could be taken.
According to the China Daily newspaper, the Shanghai Regional Court was told that Qiu Chengwei, 41, stabbed fellow gamer Zhu Caoyuan repeatedly in the chest after he was led to believe that Zhu had sold his dragon sabre following games of Legend of Mir 3.
According to the defence, Qiu won the sword last February and lent it to Zhu, who then sold it for 7,200 yuan.
“Zhu promised to hand over the cash but an angry Qui lost patience and attacked Zhu at his home, stabbing him in the left chest with great force and killing him," stated the prosecution.
However, it emerged that before the violent act that resulted in the tragic death of the victim, it is claimed that the defendant contacted police to report the theft but was informed that as the item didn’t exist in the real world, no action could be taken.
Games:
Legend Of Mir, The
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DoctorDee 31 Mar 2005 16:36
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was informed that as the item didn’t exist in the real world, no action could be taken.
It's clear that the filth don't take our world seriously.
What we need is our own law force. A global network of uncorruptible power geek police, who's word is law in cyberspace. They could traverse the poly-global-interweb at will, shutting down spammers domains, killing kiddie-pornos, and returning virtual swords to their rightful owners.
I'd call them Netforce One. Or the or the Cyberlords, or something equally cheesy. They'd need a theme tune, and a weekly TV series, produced by Aaron Speeling.
tyrion 31 Mar 2005 17:17
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DoctorDee wrote:
I'd call them Netforce One. Or the or the Cyberlords, or something equally cheesy. They'd need a theme tune, and a weekly TV series, produced by Aaron Speeling.
Tom Clancy knows something, book and TV Mini-series (starring Captain Archer himself, or Sam Beckett if you prefer).
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Joji 31 Mar 2005 18:02
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You guys are funny. Shame that this whole thing isn't a big joke april fools joke (or is it?).
Nice that China is gaming but this is too far across the line. Perhaps if they will need to educate their gamers about reality and cyberspace.
The game rage is spreading. Do remember people Legend of Mir is only a game in life, not the game of life.
Nice that China is gaming but this is too far across the line. Perhaps if they will need to educate their gamers about reality and cyberspace.
The game rage is spreading. Do remember people Legend of Mir is only a game in life, not the game of life.
raaamesh 31 Mar 2005 21:30
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i guess he has some trouble getting that sword in the first place, and how did he know were the other guy lived O_o
pacowc3 31 Mar 2005 22:59
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No way we should have an internet police force. The internet is great because there are no governments shoving their laws/ideas down your throat. We should not make the internet have laws.
DoctorDee 1 Apr 2005 07:52
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alex webb wrote:
No way we should have an internet police force. The internet is great because there are no governments shoving their laws/ideas down your throat. We should not make the internet have laws.
That reply is soooo 1995. The idea that the Internet is somehow not subject to real world laws has been comprehensively discredited. The problem that the application of legal structures to the Internet faces is purely one of jurisdiction and enforcement.
Real world laws apply to the Internet. But real world legislative organisations do not have the staff or experience to enforce them.
But if the Internet continues to present itself as a place of lawlessness, big business and govenrment will stamp down on it in a big way. They already want to own the net, and are doing their best to coral off the bits they can own and run... who uses UseNet now, many ISP have even dropped it due to "lack of interest"... but the lack of interest is because Yahoo and MSN and AOL are trying to contain discussion within their own groups, where they can show ads, or sell services from "partner companies".
Plus... the original posting was a JOKE!
kid_77 1 Apr 2005 08:46
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Joji wrote:
Do remember people Legend of Mir is only a game in life, not the game of life.
Remember kids:
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;)
Ditto 1 Apr 2005 08:46
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DoctorDee wrote:
But if the Internet continues to present itself as a place of lawlessness, big business and govenrment will stamp down on it in a big way. They already want to own the net, and are doing their best to coral off the bits they can own and run... who uses UseNet now, many ISP have even dropped it due to "lack of interest"... but the lack of interest is because Yahoo and MSN and AOL are trying to contain discussion within their own groups, where they can show ads, or sell services from "partner companies".
So true, so true. Poor old Usenet.