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Originally Posted by copernic  In Copernic-only news, I got sick of reading starry-eyed Technology and Law types who get wet when someone proposes extending property rights to my +3 Sword of Catassing. After consulting with my Professor, my essay has been retitled "Leave the Orcs Alone" and is now about why extending legal rights to the online world is retarded. |
I wonder if God has legal rights to the universe, or if he's just playing some game on a server. lulz?
Are there really ANY legal rights arguments for actually owning items in a game? It seems very cut and dry. I can make a game right now, and you pay me $5 for me to make "sword of you're a shithead" or even pay me to play my game.
Or, you come over to my house and pay me $5 to play monopoly. Sorry, you can't keep my "you win $10 in a beauty contest" card.
If someone hacks the planet and steals your get out of jail card you can't "sue" them or me because your gameplay experience was ruined as long as I say "hi i'm not responsible if anything happens that makes the game suck or not happen."
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I hope to include the following footnote:
"147. Overly utopian commentators should consider that it was the Virtual World community that coined the term "poopsocking" to refer to going to the bathroom where they sit rather then leave the computer to use a toilet."
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I hope that makes someone laugh - your implications are nearly 5 logical fallacies rolled up into one.
