„Your character has been robbed. Do you want to sue the other player?” Polskie prawo karne a „kradzież” przedmiotu w grze komputerowej

• Authors: Olczyk, Adam

Title variants

PL

“Your character has been robbed. Do you want to sue the other player?” Polish criminal law and the notion of “theft” in a computer game.

Abstracts

EN

Technological development implies a lot of new ways to commit crimes in cyberspace. Stealing virtual objects (such as magical swords or shoes) is one of them. It is unique because virtual theft combines one of the oldest types of criminal activity with the achievements of modern technology. This article deals with those situations when the actions taken by players stop being protected by the ‘magic circle’ and become criminal. It will also explore how the Polish Penal Law deals with these matters. It shall also discuss a comparable U.S. based case, involving fraud committed by the player called Cally in "Eve Online", three cases from Poland and finally, It will deal with stipulated solutions.

Keywords

EN

theft; magic circle; kontratyp (legal defense); penal law; computer games; computer fraud

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 01

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Olczyk, Adam

other

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Katedra Teorii i Filozofii Prawa

other

mgr Adam Olczyk – urodzony w 1987 roku w Opolu; absolwent filozofii i prawa na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim; obecnie doktorant w Katedrze Teorii i Filozofii Prawa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego oraz asystent sędziego w Naczelnym Sądzie Administracyjnym; w kręgu jego zainteresowań znajduje się szeroko ujęta filozofia prawa a także twórczość Leszka Kołakowskiego

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/8884