Another interesting event in the evolution of Virtual Worlds. I'm sure you know about the sale of virtual items for real money and even the purchase of virtual land for real cash ($30,000 for an island).
Now we have a murder over such dealings.
"Qui Chengwei stabbed Zhu Caoyuan in the chest when he found out he had sold his virtual sword for 7,200 Yuan (£473)."
The interesting bit is that the theft of virtual property isn't covered by Chinese law so Qui Chengwei had no legal recourse. In contrast, South Korean does recognise "game crime". It's all so very strange give that the theft is just flipping bits and can easily be flipped back. But you can see it coming. My son may grow up to be a Game Crime Lawyer.