Directions: For the following question, use this excerpt from Alex Weiss's essay "Should Gamers Be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?," which appeared in Slate.

The Dutch Supreme Court $...$ convicted a teenage gamer of stealing something that doesn't exist $...$ while playing $...[$an$]$ online video game. $...$ The defendant's attorney argued that the stolen amulet and shield "were neither tangible nor material and $...$ had no economic value." The court, however, disagreed, ruling that the time the $13-$year$-$old victim spent in the game trying to earn the objects gave them value.

In the court's argument, the claim is that $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Question $3$Select one:

a$.$

objects can't be stolen from a video game because they have no economic value

b$.$

a teenage gamer was guilty of the virtual theft of two objects from a video game

c$.$

while objects in video games may be virtual, they are not without value

d$.$

teenagers are stealing from video$-$game makers