Network Game Props, The Legal Nature Of Virtual Property

With the development and popularity of Internet technology, the whole societyhas entered an era of Internet information technology. The Internet has played anindispensable role in people’s daily life, and has affected people’s lifestyles andideology. Recent years have found an increasing number of infringements in the fieldof network service and virtue property, with an tendency of diversification andsophistication. Yet under the prosperity of Internet industry, the issue of the legalnature of virtue property has become the center of heated discussions. The definitionand legal nature of virtue property remains uncertain in academies, and courthouses indifferent places give verdict referring to different regulations on virtue property.Because of different understanding of the legal nature of virtue property, there hasbeen a tremendous lag in the legal protection of virtue property, thus leading to thedifficulty of protecting the legal rights of network users.This essay consists of introduction and body parts. The detailed chapters are asfollows-The Introduction part introduces the soaring development of virtue property inrecent years, as well as various legal disputes brought by the development of Internet.The lawsuits of virtue property have shown an momentum of increase since China’sfirst virtue property lawsuit “Li Hong Charges Against Beijibing Service Dispute”,thus requiring laws to be established for protection.The first chapter is about the concept and characteristics of virtue property. Inthis chapter, the concept of virtue property is put forward in a broad sense as well as anarrow sense. Some common types of virtue property are listed in that chapter, suchas personal account, virtue currency, gaming equipment of online games. Also in thischapter, the author summarizes the three features of virtue property: the value, thedependence of network and the time limit.The second chapter is about the status quo of legalization on virtue property indifferent countries and areas. In this chapter the author focuses on the status quo oflegalization in the USA, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the hope of drawingexperience from these countries while establishing laws in our own country. Then the author lists our country’s regulations in current domestic legal systems which arerelated to virtue property, and expects that the gap in the legalization of virtueproperty will be filed in as soon as possible.The third chapter is about the legal attribution of virtue property. The authoranalyses different views held by professors in academies, explains the theoreticaldeficiencies existing in virtue property theory, new property theory and real righttheory, and thus the author puts forward the view that virtue property is a form ofcreditor’s right voucher, and the author elaborates from three aspects.The last chapter is about some common disputes on virtue property and thecorresponding solutions. Based on the different subjects in the disputes, the authorconcludes five common types of disputes from three angles: the operator, the user andthe third party out of the contract. The author also analyzes each type of dispute andtries to find a solution to solve the problem.