论虚拟财产的财产类型及其刑法保护

On Property Types of Virtual Property and Its Criminal Law Protection

"网络财产性利益"的新概念为如何保护虚拟财产提供了一条崭新的思考路径。从刑法属性上来看,侵犯虚拟财产的行为更符合财产犯罪的基本特征,以网络犯罪加以刑法评价并不妥当。依现有财产犯罪的刑事立法规制侵犯虚拟财产的违法行为不具可行性,将虚拟财产解释为财物违背罪刑法定原则。虚拟财产在本质上是一种具有经济价值的服务,属于财产性利益的范畴,但是有关财产性利益的刑法保护仍有待完善。

The new concept of"network property interests"provides a new way of thinking on how to protect virtual property.Judging from the attributes of criminal law,the infringement of virtual property is more in line with the basic characteristics of property crime,and it is not appropriate to evaluate it with cyber crime.It is not feasible to regulate the illegal acts of infringing virtual property according to the existing criminal legislation of property crime.The virtual property is interpreted as a violation of the principle of legality of crime and law.Virtual property is essentially a service with economic value and belongs to the category of property interests,but the criminal law protection of property interests still needs to be improved.