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Technology & Science

Mar. 7, 2007

Virtual Reality Check

Focus Column - By Michael M. Rosen - When a cyberadversary steals virtual property for which real money has been paid, a new kind of justice is required.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Michael M. Rosen
     
      Imagine a world where Judge Richard Posner lectures amidst giant raccoons and fireballs; where Toyota sells personally customizable Scion cars, and where the government can take that car or other property without compensation if you break the law.
      Sound unreal? That's because it is. Or, more accurately, it's the virtual ...

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