法律监管不严

Lax laws

如今，关于虚拟财产失窃的报道变得日益增多，但法律却不能及时做出反应。中国还未制定专门保护虚拟财产的法律，来自北京盈科律师事务所的杨林说。“缺少明确的法律条文，玩家们无法证明其所有权，所以公安部门可能不会过多地介入相关事件，”杨林表示。

Reports of stolen virtual property are becoming increasingly frequent, but the law is slow to respond. China has no specific law to protect virtual property, says Yang Lin, of Beijing’s Yingke Law Firm. "Without explicit legal provisions, players cannot prove ownership, so the public security offices might not bother with the case," says Yang.

2006年，中国有44人因涉嫌盗取价值超过70万元的虚拟财物而被逮捕。其中，11人被判处6个月至一年不等的刑期监禁，罪名为“侵犯他人的通讯自由权”。

In 2006 in China, 44 people were arrested for stealing more than 700,000 yuan worth of virtual items. Eleven were jailed for six months to one year, for "infringing upon citizens' right to correspondence freedom".

乍看来，虚拟财产只是网页上显示的大量像素或是服务器中的无形数据，只有在虚构的世界中才具意义。然而在现实生活中，一些人投入时间和财力将虚拟财产化为己有。对他们而言，虚拟财产具有价值，如果其他人夺去它——那就是盗窃。

 Virtual property may appear to be just a lot of pixels on a web page or invisible data in a server, something that only has meaning in an imaginary world. Yet somebody has spent real-world time, and money, on making it their own. To them, it has value, and if someone else takes it – that's theft.

“盗取虚拟财产，包括他人的身份认证，是一种犯罪，”杨林提醒到。“人们应该认清这一行为的本质。不要为了好玩触犯法律，否则将可能自毁前程。”

"Stealing virtual property, including someone's identity, is a crime," Yang Lin warns. "People should understand the nature of this act. You should not break the law for fun, or you're at risk of ruining your future."

(Translator & Editor: Aaron & Sylvie)

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