论网络虚拟财产的刑法保护路径——基于刑事司法案例的分析

The Theory of Network Virtual Property Criminal Law Protection Path

目前,在刑事司法实践中,对网络虚拟财产的保护有两种进路:一是以适用盗窃罪来进行规制,二是以适用非法获取计算机信息系统数据罪来加以保护,两者区分的关键在于对网络虚拟财产法律属性的判断。网络虚拟财产交织于网络空间和现实世界,是客观存在的,有明确的价值来源以及价值认定方式,应属于刑法意义上的财物。对于盗窃网络虚拟财产的犯罪行为宜适用盗窃罪,而不是非法获取计算机信息系统数据罪。此外,账号类虚拟财产因具有财产和个人信息识别双重特征,应根据行为人的行为目的区别对待。

At present,in criminal judicial practice,there are two ways to protect network virtual assets.One is to regulate it by applying it as theft,and the other is to protect it by applying it as the crime of illegal access to the data of computer information system.The key to distinguish between the two lies in the judgment of the legal attributes of network virtual assets.Network virtual assets exist objectively in both the network space and the real world,with clear sources of value and value identification method.Therefore,it belongs to the assets in the sense of criminal law.The crime of theft of network virtual assets should be regulated by applying the crime of theft,rather than the crime of illegal access to the data of computer information system.In addition,with the dual characteristics of asset and personal information identification,the account type virtual assets should be analyzed differently according to the purpose of the perpetrator's behavior.