Virtual Security, originally uploaded by svenwerk.
Is the solution for virtual crime to invent a virtual police force?
I read this article about a 17 year old teenager that was arrested for stealing virtual furniture worth £2800 at Habbo Hotel and I was thinking, How would a virtual police force would look like!
I remember when Mindark (from my old hometown Gothenburg, Sweden) where struggling setting up the virtual world Entropia and where fighting against their biggest enemy, the cashflow. I also remember the quite weird thought about buying a virtual redbull for 50p to get more power. A golden dream for brands, to be able to sell products without the need of stock.
Now its cash-in time, Last year MindArk had a turnover of $365,000,000 for selling virtual items. One user have paid $100,000 for a virtual space station!