I meant ONLY that part: "Stealing RuneScape gear is a crime"

OMFG!!!! I played FFXI for alot of years. I had idjits steal from me in the game all the time. Either you suck it up or you stop playing. I applaud the judge in this case as he was able to start to set a precident while charging the wayward youth for the assault with intent to cause bodily harm.
I can see it now tho...
Man charged in Virtual goods theft found dead in apartment, keyboard found up his sphincter.

I don't legally OWN my bank cards or credit cards. They're property of the financial institutions they come from. But i can still charge someone for stealing them from me.

@yRaz

Just because a EULA says so, doesn't make it legal, nor binding. Most eula's wouldn't hold up, in brick and mortar courts. It's just that 'internet law' is nearly nonexistent, when it comes to the rights of the user... At present.

That being said, neither the U.K., nor the U.S., would rule with the Danish Supreme Court. The items were acquired in-game for free, or bought with virtual currency, not 'real' monies, (excluding JAGeX from any legal responsibility since they don't condone what they term, 'Real World Trading'). Time wasted isn't grounds for criminal punishment except, in the Netherlands, and some Asian countries... So far. This has nothing to do with assault, however assault isn't the point here virtual theft is.

Eventually, virtual economies will be bound by brick and mortar laws, if only as a means to tax people for the time they waste getting virtually 'rich'.

What I find reprehensible is the fact that the creators of Runescape, Andrew and Paul Gower, are worth over $1.5 billion, combined. They sold control, of JAGeX Ltd., in October 2010. Anyone who has spent time around them knows how lazy, greedy and deceitful they both can be.