In the information age, the influence of the Internet on people's lives is increasing, especially in online games, whose radiation groups include almost all age groups such as teenagers, middle-aged and elderly people. With the increasing amount of time, money and energy people inject in the virtual environment of online games, the value of virtual property in the Internet can no longer be underestimated. Therefore, in the newly promulgated Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, online virtual property is explicitly listed as an object protected by law with the same status as substantive property. However, the application of its provisions is too flexible, so this paper puts forward the author's own opinions and suggestions on the legal protection of virtual property in the present-day context, starting from the value of virtual property on the Internet, the doctrines of various schools of thought and the legal protection in other countries.

Hu Xiaojie. The Civil Law Protection of Virtual Property Rights in Online Games. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 9: 152-160. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.050925.

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