Abstract:

This article analyzes the criminal protection and lawsuit pattern of virtual property of online games The representation forms of virtual property in online games are described Based on analysis of the ownership of the property, the legal relationship is investigated among the related subjects of the virtual property Meanwhile, the patterns of crimes committed on virtual property in online games are summarized, which are categorized as crime in online games and real world Finally, with recourse to current laws and regulations, two solutions are obtained for protection of virtual property in online games: extending the scope of legal explanation and defining new crime types It is judged by the degree of social harmfulness to adopt the lawsuit pattern of public prosecution or private prosecution

Key words: onlinegames, virtualproperty, criminalprotection, lawsuitpattern