Apparently we're setting some kind of trend where virtual crimes can be punished in the real world. As long as that's where we're heading, I've composed a list of laws that need to be understood about any virtual activity.
- If there are items on the ground in a video game, to pick them up is stealing.
- Killing someone in a video game is murder.
- Killing someone on your team is treason.
- Picking to play on the side of the Germans or Russians in a video game is also treason.
- Development of a game where you can play as the Germans or Russians is considered an act of war against the US.
- The games "Grand Theft Auto" and "Thief" are completely illegal. The publishers and vendors will be prosecuted for entrapment.
- A computer virus is considered a biological weapon, and the creation of a virus will be prosecuted at an international level as the development of weapons of mass destruction.
- If your computer gets a virus you will be quarantined from the Internet (to prevent you from spreading it by your ignorance).
- Online dating services that charge for membership will be guilty of running a prostitution racket.
- You must have a license to operate an email account. If you cannot forward responsibly, then your email privileges will be forcibly revoked.
- Web pages cannot make noises or play music unless the user requests it by pressing a button. Web pages that automatically play music upon being visited will be prosecuted for disturbing the peace, and the Web pages will be impounded.
2 comments:
12. Some power-ups in games, like the mushrooms in Super Mario Brothers, constitute drug use.
Wait till the US gets an extradition request for something like that. I wonder what the charges were?
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