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Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen

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Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days ago

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A previous ruling on this person's alleged MMO gold theft was reversed in an appeal

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Depends on the Eula or t&c’s. Almost certainly covers the producers/devs.

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