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Chinese courts affirm heirs' right to inherit digital game assets

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

Chinese courts have established a precedent allowing heirs to inherit the digital assets of deceased gamers, including game accounts, in-game items, and microtransactions. These rulings, spanning multiple cases over several years, recognize virtual property as having monetary value and thus inheritable, overriding standard non-transferability clauses in user agreements. The precedent extends to digital assets like Bitcoin and social media accounts, though purely personal content remains archived by platforms. AI

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Chinese courts affirm heirs' right to inherit digital game assets

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions

    A Reddit user named u/Slawrfp shared on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that Chinese courts have allowed heirs to inherit games and other digital assets after the original user has since passed on. While Chinese inheritance law hasn't explicitly covered digital properties, multiple …

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establi… A Reddit user named u/Slawrfp shared on the r/pcmaste

    Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establi… A Reddit user named u/Slawrfp shared on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit that Chinese courts have allowed heirs to inherit games and other digital assets after the original user…

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