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...life last year after tracking down and stabbing Zhu Caoyuan, a fellow player of a popular online role-playing game who had stolen his (completely virtual) sword and sold it in-game for around $1000 in real money. Since there are as yet no legal protections for in-game property??despite the existence of mature financial markets in these online worlds—Chengwei took justice into his own hands, and Caoyuan died by the (all-too-physical) sword...
...focus of a proposal brought forth by the University in March to swap a five-acre property in the Brighton Mills Shopping Center for the land currently occupied by the low-income housing community.According to Barber, the deal is typical of Harvard’s voracious appetite for property??but it is not without appeal.“Truthfully, I don’t mind it. I hope it’s going to be better,” she says. The seven clusters of gray concrete that compose Charlesview Apartments contrast sharply with the white finish...
...other critical resources. If an area fails to attract a critical mass within 12 months, which many of the districts likely will not, residents will be forced to desert their homes. The federal government buyout program—which would compensate residents at pre-Katrina market value for their property??would foot the bill for relocation and convert the region to marshland. Mayor Nagin’s approval of this report will be an invitation for catastrophe. The government cannot afford to be careless in this critical period of rebuilding and must be meticulous in its planning efforts...
...philosophical libertarians,” desire limited government because they think it is the only government that can be morally justified. The fundamental claim of deontological libertarianism is that an innocent person—that is, someone who has not violated another’s rights to life or property??never deserves to be punished by having her rights violated. People should be allowed to do what they want with their lives and property, including making mutually consensual agreements with others, without having their lives or property taken away by a private actor or by the government. Some...
White added that she did not know what would replace Bow Street Flowers next year, and the property??s landlord declined to comment for this article...