论盗窃网络虚拟财产的刑法规制

On Criminal Regulation of Stealing Network Virtual Property

通过对网络虚拟财产的类型划分,仅货币型网络虚拟财产可能具有一定的财产属性。网络虚拟财产难以被界定为“财物”,只可能属于“财产性利益”的范畴。侵犯网络虚拟财产,所实际侵害的系网络用户所享有的债权;而窃取网络虚拟财产的行为,并不具有“打破-建立占有”的盗窃实质。因此,侵害网络虚拟财产不应以财产犯罪定罪处罚,而仅可能成立计算机犯罪。

If we categorize the types of virtual property from the legal precedents,only currency virtual property has property attribute to some extent.The virtual property is hard to defined to"belongings",but to"property benefits".The infringement of network virtual property is actually the infringement to obligatory rights owning by the net user.The act of stealing virtual property on the internet doesn’t have the essence of the"breaking-establishing possession"of theft.Hence,the infringement of virtual property should not be penalized with property crime,but should be attributed to computer crime.