Virtual goods returned in a real court

By Phil Gyford on 22 December 2003, 10:41 pm | 0 Comments

According to this Reuters story, a man in China went to court to force a company running an online game to return virtual goods that had been stolen from him, possibly by a hacker. Is this the first time online property has been dealt with by real-world law? (via Many-to-Many, more at Terra Nova)

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