p>Rivals brutally beat teenager for the mask and amulet that was his in the medieval fantasy game
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p>The theft conviction was upheld by the Dutch Supreme Court
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p>Court said that the virtual objects had a value to the 13-year-old gamer due to the time and energy he expended' in winning the game.
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p>Jill Reilly Updated at 11:45 BST on February 2, 2012
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p>A Dutch teenager was beaten up and threatened with a knife following a dispute over virtual possessions in the wildly popular online fantasy game RuneScape?.
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p>The attack on the 13-year-old boy occurred because he "picked" a mask and amulet during a game, which was also what two teenagers wanted.
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p>They kicked him and brandished a knife, while forcing him to sign in to RuneScape? and relinquish the objects.
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p>Intimidation: The teen was beaten up and threatened with a knife during an argument over virtual objects in an incredibly popular online game of fantasy called RuneScape?
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p>This allowed one of the two who were also playing the game to effectively steal the items. https://penzu.com/p/85bb3e95 </p>
p>RUNESCAPE.COM FACTS
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p>RuneScape? was created in 2001, is home to around 10 million active players, who are believed to be regular users.
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p>It is located in the medieval world of Gielinor which is comprised of grassy rolling hills and vast areas of woodland.
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p>Guinness World Records holds the title of the most played free role-playing game.
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p>In 2009, a hacker broke into accounts on computers and stole virtual characters and their possessions from RuneScape? and was given a police warning.
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p>A few months later, one RuneScape? account was sold on eBay for $46,000.
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p>The attack occurred in 2007 and the attackers were found guilty in 2009. However one of the attackers appealed to Dutch Supreme Court.
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p>Yesterday however, the Netherlands highest court upheld the theft conviction.
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p>The suspect's lawyer had argued the amulet's mask and amulet 'were not tangible or tangible and, unlike for example electricity, were of no economic value.'
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p>But the Court found that the virtual objects had intrinsic value for the 13-year-old player because of the time and energy he invested in winning them while playing the game.
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p>Their names were not revealed because they were juveniles. The defendant who appealed was sentenced the community for 144 hours.
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p>This is not the first time that virtual reality has been incorporated into real-life scenarios.
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p>The Dutch Supreme Court said the virtual objects had intrinsic value for the 13-year-old gamer due to the 'time and effort he put into in winning them during the game. It also upheld the theft conviction
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p>In 2009, a man who hacked into computer accounts and snatched virtual characters and their possessions from RuneScape? was given a police warning.
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p>The Dutch Supreme Court sentenced the defendant to 100 hours of community service.
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p>A middle-aged man from Devon was able to attack a schoolboy in September of last year when his online character was killed during a Call Of Duty game.
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p>Mark Bradford, 46, was furious when he was gunned down in the war game by the 13-year-old. He 'lost it' when the boy yelled at him over his online death.
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p>A father with no job of three Bradford left his bed in Plymouth, Devon and confronted the boy in his friend's house, placing his hands around the neck of the schoolboy.
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p>The two had been playing Call Of Duty: Black Ops against each other online and were talking via microphones.
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p>The mother of the teenager, shocked she dragged Bradford from her son. Bradford was left with scratches and reddening on his neck.
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p>In 2005, a 20-year-old male from Alabama who shot three police officers, argued that his actions were not due to the hours of playing video games "Grand TheftAuto?" in which players shoot police officers and steal cars.
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p>Devin Moore, his arrestee told police that life is like a videogame and that everyone has to end up dying at some point in time.
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