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. The court’s reason for the claim is that _______.