Chapter 1212 Who Stole the Dragon Slaying Sword?

A sudden epidemic has changed people's already formatted online life. It seems that overnight, online shopping, online home office, and electronic trade have become popular, making browsing the news, chatting, and receiving e-mails the third most popular way to surf the Internet. ,** inadvertently created a temporary prosperity of the Internet economy

Tick: R has become a catalyst for China's Internet applications. On March 17, officials from the Ministry of Information Industry announced that domain names will be registered directly under the Internet. This is a major change since the country's own domain name system.

At the same time, Nasdaq began to favor China in vain (.》.\&, the stock prices of major portals on Nasdaq rose strongly, and the Internet economy lit up China's i;$,,\&:÷:list, More than a dozen Internet cafe chain companies have been approved, and the development of Internet cafes has become standardized and the global Internet has become the fastest growing Internet. In related industries, China’s first online gaming case raised new issues about virtual property.

The supreme king of martial arts, slaying dragons with his precious sword, commands the world, and no one dares to disobey.

After all, novels are novels and cannot replace reality. If someone tells you that they want to sell you a dragon-slaying sword, you will definitely scoff. But in the wide world, there are all kinds of strange things. Some people are really buying and selling dragon-slaying knives, and the price is quite high. Some people even possess biological and chemical weapons.

Of course, the so-called dragon-slaying knives and biochemical weapons are just virtual weapons used in online games.

In the past two years, gamer Li spent thousands of hours of energy and tens of thousands of yuan in cash to accumulate and purchase dozens of various virtual "biochemical weapons" in an online game. These equipment He was once invincible in the virtual world, but one day in February this year, when he entered the game again, he found that all the weapons and equipment in his library were gone.

It was later verified that the equipment was stolen by a player on February 17 this year. Li approached the game operator to negotiate, but the company refused to hand over the player's true information.

The matter was not over. Some time later, the game company restricted the use of Li's game account and deleted all equipment without notifying him in advance. Immediately afterwards, the company deleted all the equipment in his other account, some of which Li had spent thousands of yuan to buy.

After many unsuccessful negotiations, Li sued the company for infringement of his private property. During the trial, whether the virtual things Li lost were considered property became the focus of dispute between the two parties.

Li, an online game player, believed that the accounts and equipment he lost were personal property. He had spent a long time and effort to obtain these equipment, and the defendant, as a game operator, also openly sold these equipment to players. kind of equipment.

Game operators believe that game equipment is an intangible thing.

In the final analysis, it is just a set of data in the server. The plaintiff is the player as a virtual item, and he cannot completely control these things.

Li's experience is not an isolated incident. In the world of online games, disputes and disputes arising from virtual items are common. Due to the lack of relevant laws and no precedent to follow, courts often do not accept such cases, leaving many players whose items have been stolen or whose accounts have been deleted with no way to appeal.

Two months ago, Xiao Wu was finally promoted to the level 32 Taoist priest, which meant that his character had a higher combat effectiveness. He was really happy about this for a few days. But not long after, he discovered that the Taoist priest's robe was missing, and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

What made him feel distressed was that it not only took him a lot of time to become a thirty-level Taoist priest, but also cost him a lot of money. Including the cost of purchasing game points and Internet fees, it costs more than a thousand yuan to become a thirty-level Taoist priest. He went to the game operator and asked for investigation. The answer he received was to report the case to the public security agency first, but the public security department refused to accept the case because there was no legal basis.

The policeman's first reaction was that he didn't understand at first, and then when he explained it clearly, he said, if you lose a ruthenium bag, a kitchen knife, etc., I can get it back for you. If you say you lost these things, , cannot be seen or touched, so there is no way to start.

Players are very confused about this result. On the Internet, players can certainly earn level points through hard work in the virtual world, but there are also online RMB players who can directly buy level points. A dragon-slaying knife can be sold for more than 2,000 yuan. , it’s not like equipment that costs tens of thousands has never appeared before.

Most players believe that equipment is a transaction that some people are buying and others are selling, so this is also a real RMB transaction and should be a real thing, not completely virtual. When mentioning this issue, Shen Ying also found it difficult. Fan Wubing originally suggested that she establish a chain of Internet cafes in cities across the country. This suggestion was very good. Shen Ying invested in just one place in the capital! The Internet cafes built by $ have tens of thousands of computers, and managers of chain Internet cafes have reported that few people who play online games have had their weapons stolen or their accounts blocked, and virtual items have been stolen. , the players’ attitudes are also different.

"Some players think this is a personal matter. The police are already very hard and busy, and they can't take care of these things. After all, these things belong to you to play on. It's a kind of entertainment, a game, so it's okay. Don't worry too much about this issue." One of Shen Ying's department directors said to Fan Wubing, "It's useless to go to the police. Since you want to play this thing, don't be afraid of losing it or getting your account banned. You are doing this purely willingly. You go to the police, police. Guang: \&! \&") I mean, he is not the GN of an Internet company or a certain game, he can't control this!" ! ...But online game companies also find it very difficult, because there are many private transactions, which is not necessarily the case. \&↓". Our internal server completes it. If it is a personal transfer, the company has no knowledge of it, so it cannot do a fair arbitration. But it is really as the players said, so that the game mechanism can be If you are healthy, there will be many obstacles in operation, and it is not as simple as talking. "

At the same time, he also said that why players lose weapons or have their accounts blocked frequently, industry insiders have two explanations for this. One is that some online game masters illegally purchase computer hacking programs and then install them on computers in Internet cafes. , to obtain other people's game passwords and accounts, enter other people's games and uninstall equipment for their own use. Regarding this method, he said that as an Internet cafe manager, there is no other good way except to take confidentiality measures. .

The director explained to Fan Wubing, "Our Internet cafe mainly uses some related software, such as the Network Wizard and the Recovery Wizard, so that the next time a player comes, the system will try not to have this game. At present, it seems that, The effect is good, but it is a bit troublesome. However, some players really lack the necessary computer network security awareness, so the phenomenon of account hacking still occurs, which is inevitable. "

Fan Wubing nodded. This problem has been plaguing the online game market. Behind the prosperous online game market are players who have invested a lot of money and time. In the game, players are presented with a small virtual society, where players can get a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

For example, in a certain game, you are the leader of two thousand people. Although your two thousand people are virtual, behind each virtual warrior is a living player sitting in front of the computer.

Players are not really fighting in front of the computer, but the sense of achievement and satisfaction in online games still makes them enjoy it. There is a siege war in the game. You can command one or two thousand people by yourself, siege cities and plunder territory, and fight successively. After occupying a city, you will feel that you are there, especially when everyone is partying together and shouting "Long Live the Mountain". When you feel great, you will feel an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

But just when you were indulging in your heroic dream and getting a great sense of satisfaction, an unexpected situation occurred. Your game account could not be found. The hero you worked so hard to create was destroyed in one day. More than two thousand people you led The men and horses ceased to exist.

Everyone would be upset if they encountered this kind of situation.

"A few days ago, there are more than 70 million Internet users in China, and nearly 10 million people play online games. The annual online game revenue reaches more than 2 billion, and the prototype of a huge online game market has emerged.

The prosperity of the game market has given rise to the online virtual property trading market. Many websites have set up special areas to facilitate the trading of virtual properties. Virtual props and property are often auctioned on major auction websites, and there are also special websites for virtual property trading. Professional gamers who practice martial arts or make a living by selling virtual treasures and game accounts. The existence of the online game market and various trading markets derived from it has become an indisputable fact, but in contrast to this is the lag and lack of current laws. The director said to Fan Wubing very seriously, "Mr. Fan, for the sake of your wife's career, shouldn't you also mention it to the above to speed up legislation in this area?" "

When Fan Wubing heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "How can I have such a big reputation? Do you think it's that simple to speed up legislation?!"