On The Criminal Law Protection Of The Network Virtual Property

As one of the products of modern technological progress, network is changing our traditional life, learning, work and recreational style. In particular, the prevailing of network games gives the players great pleasure and fulfillment. In the meanwhile, the cases on network virtual property keeps increasing. Due to the peculiarity of network virtual property itself and there being still controversy on whether network virtual property conforms to lawful property, the criminal law protection of it is still groundless. In order to solve the crimes which violate network virtual property efficiently, the first thing is that we should define whether the game account number and virtual weaponry conform to the scope of criminal law protection, and whether they have value or not. This thesis will expounds and analyzes the definition, characteristics of network virtual property and the property attributes, and use the relevant legislative and judicial practices of Taiwan, Hong Kong and foreign countries for reference, exploring that criminal law protection system over network virtual property should be established as soon as possible, so as to ensure the healthy, continuous development of the game industry in our country and social stability.