| As a kind of new industry, online game industry is developing with extraordinary speed. At the same time , there are lots of problems related virtual property in online game to emerge. These conflicts usually can not be handled easily because there are different kinds of opinions on legal attribute of virtual property in online game in law academia and public. This have been already obstacling development of online game industry.On the basis of the discussion of scope and attributes of virtual property in online game, reviewing from the comparative law, make a thorough comparision between object in online game and property in civil law to confirm the attribute of virtual object in online game. Here are the three popular points about legal attributes on virtual property in online game—real right, intellectual right and creditor's right, there are three different kinds of guard model and make a thorough discussion and comparision respectively among these three models. According to these analysis, it get an inclusion that the virtual property in online game is a new type of property and it has attributes of both real right and creditor's right. Through the virtual property in online game is defined as a new type of property beyond the existed tangible property and intangible property, it does not mean that we must make an independent law to protect it. By contrast we can still use some adaptable regulations in current civil law to protect the virtual property in online game. |
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