虚拟财产继承的理论与立法问题

On the Theoretic and Legislative Issues of Inheritance of Virtual Property

网络虚拟财产继承是我国《继承法》修改中难以回避的议题之一。基于概念明晰性、规则可操作性和体系完备性的立法要求,虚拟财产须具体化为"虚拟入口"和"虚拟资产"两类财产,并应以此为前提,逐步确立虚拟财产的财产属性、消除用户协议对虚拟财产继承的限制、化解虚拟财产继承与用户隐私的潜在冲突,设计出既贴合我国现有法律、又能回应网络新型社会关系的虚拟财产继承制度。

The inheritance of Virtual Property is one of the inevitable and significant issues in the amendment of Law of Succession of China.Based on the legislative requirements,which are clarity of concept,operability of rules and completeness of body,this article starts with the definition of Virtual Property,which is catergarized into 'Virtual Access' and 'Virtual Assets'.Furthermore,this article justifies the property attribute of Virtual Property,removes the limit of inheritance in terms of the ToS,and resolves the potential conflicts between the inheritance and Users' privacy.Finally,the institution of inheritance of Virtual Property is designed to correspond to the present China legal system and the new relationship of cyber-society as well.