On The Assertion Of The Crimes Involving Virtual Property And Regulated By Criminal Law

With the rise and rapid development of online games, there is a frequent crime occurrence concerning online game virtual property in our real life. However, in China's criminal legislation, there seem no laws and regulations on how to deal with this criminal offence. And in judicial practice, it is often difficult to convict and punish the acts that violated the virtual properties of others. The author of this paper is to expound the connotation and denotation of virtual property criminal acts and how to apply them in criminal laws so as to explore the feasible solutions in our current legislation. Based on the basic theories of virtual property, this paper carries out the research from the following two parts: The first is the definition of virtual property crime and the treatment. By introducing the definition of virtual property crime and its characteristics in constitution, the author compares it with that of the others. Then he focuses on the three typical behaviors of virtual property violation and offers his proposed measures to deal with the violation. Secondly, the author interprets the criminal laws and regulations on virtual property crime. He first discusses the theoretical premise of laws and regulations on virtual property crime, pointing out the necessity and feasibility of regulating virtual properties in criminal laws. Then some difficult points about regulating virtual property crime are analyzed, and some strategies are put forward. By comparing the status of crime legislation in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, the author eventually advice progressive effective regulatory of criminal legislation about the Crimes Involving Virtual Property.