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title: Virtual property rights in the online gaming world
date: "2003-12-22T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 872
description: I highlight the evolving legal framework surrounding virtual property rights in online games, looking at how digital items and assets are being treated as real-world property with enforceable legal standing in virtual economies.
keywords: [virtual property, online gaming, digital assets, virtual economy, property rights, legal status]
---

[Virtual property rights](http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=540) in the online gaming world.