virtual insanity with consequences in reality

[frosst]

Angry online divorcee 'kills' virtual ex-hubby

5 yrs in prison. wow

[Lukie]

i read this on another forum.. you need to read closer.

it was more like, if convicted, she faces *up to* 5 years in prison. meaning that there's a huge chance she'll never go to jail.

still ridiculous though, ldo

edit:

She was charged with illegal access onto a computer and manipulating electronic data, police said. If convicted, she could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

[XTR1000]

weird

[Warpe]

related:

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/...-virtual-goods

[Hawk]

interesting story, but your subject had me thinking in another direction

[frosst]

i read this on another forum.. you need to read closer.

it was more like, if convicted, she faces *up to* 5 years in prison. meaning that there's a huge chance she'll never go to jail.

still ridiculous though, ldo

edit:

She was charged with illegal access onto a computer and manipulating electronic data, police said. If convicted, she could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

yea i know. i'm just saying. if she gets five years, that'd be crazy. c'mon now, we're talking about the japanese.

[flomo]

somebody is screaming and banging on my door, sounds like they want me to fold my 58 os oop

[Lukie]

i read this on another forum.. you need to read closer.

it was more like, if convicted, she faces *up to* 5 years in prison. meaning that there's a huge chance she'll never go to jail.

still ridiculous though, ldo

edit:

She was charged with illegal access onto a computer and manipulating electronic data, police said. If convicted, she could face a prison term of up to five years or a fine up to $5,000.

yea i know. i'm just saying. if she gets five years, that'd be crazy. c'mon now, we're talking about the japanese.

my bad, i thought u were trying to imply that she was going to jail for 5 years definitely.

The problem in cases like this is that the police and prosecutors have too much power.. like there are so many laws with so many "up to" clauses that they can link people messing with someone's video game to "manipulating electronic data" which carries a 5 year maximum sentence. It's really quite a joke. It is what it is though.

[KoRnholio]

interesting story, but your subject had me thinking in another direction

Jameer-o-queer? wat

[wufwugy]

afaik, she's not in trouble for the virtual killing (because it's not a crime) but for the illegal hacking she did in order to make his character dead