Civil Law Protection Of Virtual Property Inonline Games

As one of the greatest inventions of mankind in the twentieth century,the birth and development of the Internet has completely changed the world.It has gradually become an effective tool for people to disseminate information and communicate with each other,triggering a huge increase in personal productivity and lifestyle changes.Based on the connection between the real world and the virtual network world,the rights of individuals will be extended to the network world.Therefore,the emergence of virtual property on the network is the inevitable outcome of social development.With the development of online games,the related legal and social problems also follow.The virtual behavior between operators and players,between players and players,directly involves the disputes on legal rights and interests,and needs to be adjusted by law accordingly.The attributes of virtual property,the ownership of virtual property,and the rights and obligations of operators and players need to be distinguished and clarified.At present,the legal definition of virtual property and the legal protection and control of its transactions are still unclear in China,resulting in players unable to safeguard their personal rights and realize self-protection after economic losses,which is not conducive to social stability.In view of these problems in society,this paper is divided into five parts to study the civil law protection of virtual property of online games.In the first part,the author introduces the significance,background and methods of this study,and enumerates several viewpoints of academic circles,which are divided into real right theory,creditor's rights theory and non-material non-debt theory.In the second part,the author summarizes the related concepts of virtual property,discriminates the concept of virtual property of online games,and expounds the necessity of protecting virtual property of online games.Then it focuses on the study and establishment of the property rights of virtual property in online games,and determines the ownership relationship on the basis of the property rights theory.In the third part,the author introduces the related problems of virtual property protection in online games,including unclear rights and obligations between subjects,lack of legal provisions,copyright of virtual property in online games,inheritance of virtual property in online games,and infringement caused by what we usually call "title".The fourth part,in this part,the author studies the above problems separately,and explores the ways to solve the problems,and finally puts forward some suggestions to solve the related problems.In the fifth part,the author briefly summarizes the content of the article,envisages the progress of virtual property protection,puts forward the possible problems for the future development of the law,and looks forward to the future of virtual property protection in China.Only by speeding up the establishment and improvement of the legal protection system of virtual property can the network industry develop healthily,orderly and steadily.There are more and more voices calling for the enactment of corresponding laws to protect the virtual property of the network.Therefore,the author will discuss the ways of civil law protection of virtual property of online games in our country.To accumulate experience for the protection of virtual property and prepare for the formulation of corresponding special protection law.