Research, A Number Of Legal Issues Of Virtual Property In Online Games

With its application and development, many problems about the network have happened. Especially in recent years, some cases about the network-game have become the focus of the discussion. Whether the virtual property such as "arms" or "treasure" from network can be thought to be property from angle of law? If it can be protected as the real property when it was lost, stolen or faced other encroachments? These all depend on how to determine the nature of the virtual property. The game-players appeal to protect their rights, so causing the concern and research by the legist. The issue of virtual property become more and more hot, however, it is a long way towards the legal nature of virtual property in judicial practice. On how to protect the virtual property, especially the means of protection on the point of view of the civil law, more attention is paid to the discussion about the principle but not the analysis of the specific problems.Firstly, author analyses the concept of virtual property in the network-game, and the distinction between fictitious attribute and factuality attribute of virtual property, and property attribute. So author conclude the Virtual property is substantial property. Secondly, on the basis of empirical analyzing the Legal Relationship about virtual property, author outlines the rights to the virtual property. And then, author carry on a define to the law attribute with virtual property right of player to the critique of different theory. Lastly, author make advises of legal protection in order to do something helpful to solve these real disputes.The article mainly theoretically carries on a discussion to the distinction between fictitious attribute and factuality attribute of the network-game, and uncovers the veil of virtual property. This article still carries on a discussion to concept and attribute of property, and explicates the property attribute of virtual property. Furthermore, from the angle of the legal relationship it also carries on a reading to virtual property, making sure rights property by relationship, combines to the critique of related theory, and carries on a study to the legal attribute of the rights to the virtual property which most think player owning, bringing to light the player rights to virtual property is a creditor's rights and discussing its attribute and characteristic. Author make advises to solve the real disputes about virtual property at last.