Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoEx MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolenwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down10
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkEx MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolenwww.gamesradar.comAgent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-22 days agoAs it should. If they allow direct conversion, all they’ve done is create a fungible asset, which already comes with a crazy amount of legal implications compared to some random number in a videogame.
As it should. If they allow direct conversion, all they’ve done is create a fungible asset, which already comes with a crazy amount of legal implications compared to some random number in a videogame.