Woman jailed after 'killing' virtual husband

[Red Devil]

Be careful out there...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_avatar_murder

[Axeminister]

Wonder what you could charge someone with that purposly causes av's in bz2 1.2. To me it's an illiegal access onto my pc.

[bigbadbogie]

If this is the future of planet Earth, then I want nothing to do with it.

[Steeveeo]

LOL! Friktards. The whole thing is full of idiocracy.

First, Maple Story weddings mean absolutly NOTHING (and annoying as hell seeing "____ and ____'s wedding will begin in 20 minutes at ____" every 20 frikkin seconds).
Second, the woman, thinking the MS wedding meant something, then "hacking" into the "hubby's" account to kill him.
Thirdly, the man, being sad about being killed, which, in MS, is NO BIG DEAL, considering you COME BACK TO LIFE with only a little EXP point loss.
Forth, the article, for covering such a retarded piece of sh---news...
And finally, of course, the justice system. Since all the players are stored serverside, and the "hubby" willingly gave his account details up to the "wife," there was no hacking or virtual "breaking-and-entering" into anyone's comp. Any arguments against this statement like "well, if the devorced wife went into a bank and closed their shared account to take all the money, wouldnt THAT be illegal?" is null, since thousands of wives have done this before without serving any media documented jailtime.

Who's most at fault? You decide...

[Sonic]

Well, I would assume there is an EULA that states not to do this kind of stuff on Maple Story. She broke the contract, so she should pay. Might be going to far with the police, but than again, cybercrime is getting serious. You would want those who are using your computer thought bots to send spam wouldn't you?

On the BZ2 1.2, can you really charge anyone for something that doesn't actually require authentication to do anything. You are hosting a publicly viewable server, people can send anything to it at that point. Now if they used BZ2 to get into your system to do more nasty stuff, you might have a case.

[Feared_1]

I hate people. They're stupid. I don't mean "PERSON", I mean "PEOPLE".

That's ALMOST like hopping on BZ2, hosting a strat, and being targeted by other players because you started an "unnecessary war" (sound familiar?)

[Nielk1]

since thousands of wives have done this before without serving any media documented jailtime.

I hate that, makes ya want to go after the ex wife and gouge out her eyeball with a rusty spoon!!

I can't understand jail time. If she wiped any of his HDD or something, that would be different, jail and death row!

* Nielk1 awkwardly tries to pet HDD

[Sonic]

I think she is only in jail until the matter is settled. I agree a bit excessive, it should be a civil matter between the company of the game and her, but like any crime, you go to jail until you get bail I guess.

[TheJamsh]

a bit excessive is an underestimate i think.

but soon the japanese and chinese wil be everywhere. so best get used to their laws and things quickly

[bigbadbogie]

Soon? For the last 10 years you couldn't walk down the street here without seeing about 50 of them.

[Red Devil]

I wonder if she is in virtual jail.

[cheesepuffly]

Thats, really, stupid.


I mean unless all the japanese people involved in this case are paranoid (maybe lol) that makes no sense. I mean maybe that could some how relate to a threat on his real life but sheesh.

[Sonic]

Actually I just heard that the guy actually gave this woman his password willingly. She didn't do any hacking or social engineering attacks (unless you count Marriage as that), so I would have to agree, why the hell is she in jail for cracking when she didn't do that?

[Nielk1]

Make it idiot proof and the universe will make a better idiot.

We just got a ton more idiots me think'ems.

[Steeveeo]

We just got a ton more idiots me think'ems.

Heh, those idiots are still around from the LAST upgrade in the Idiot Proofing, nothing about MS or any government is Idiot Proof.