Case Based on Addiction to a Video Game
11/15/2010 13:58
Users of video games and virtual worlds joke about how addictive they can be. Few users, however, have thought about suing the game company for creating such an enjoyable playing environment that the game or world actually becomes addictive in an unhealthy way. Yet, that is exactly what a Hawaii resident named Craig Smallwood did. In a case entitled Smallwood v. NCsoft Corporation, No. 09-00497 ACK-BMK (D. Haw.), Mr. Smallwood claimed that he became psychologically dependent on and addicted to NCsoft’s Lineage II. In a decision issued in August, the federal district court in Hawaii permitted Mr. Smallwood’s case to move forward. For a copy of the court’s decision, click here. Read More...
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