Computer characters mugged in virtual crime spree
Will Knight, NewScientist.com, August 18, 2005
[www.newscientist.com]

the article stated:

"A man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion
carrying out a virtual mugging spree by using
software "bots" to beat up and rob characters
in the online computer game Lineage II. The
stolen virtual possessions were then exchanged
for real cash"

A related article is:

Counterfeit goods rock virtual world
Will Knight, NewScientist.com, August 12, 2005
[www.newscientist.com]

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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