Legal Analysis Of Inheritance Issues Network Virtual Property

Nowadays the economy on Internet has highly developed, and people’s lives are closely related to the Internet. As a new kind of property, Network virtual property is accompanied by the development of the Internet, and it contains some of those economic and spiritual values. Network virtual property exists in cyberspace, and it is presented in a form of electronic data, while it owns the characteristics of relative independence, a certain period of possession, as well as can be possessed, used, benefited and conducted. In a word, it is a digital and immaterial virtual property.As a personal lawful private property, Network virtual property will inevitably involve the question of succession. However, the characteristics of Network virtual property determine that its succession will be different from the general sense. With the rapid development of the economy on Internet, the inheritance of Network virtual property has gained more and more attention of the whole society, so it is urgent and necessary to analyze the succession of Network virtual property.Based on the analysis of different doctrines, this paper sums up the basic theory of Network virtual property, and it demonstrates the characteristic of inheritable of Network virtual property.In the second part, combining the classic cases of judicial practice, this paper analyzes the current situation and dilemma of the inheritance of Network virtual property. In the third part, by analyzing the current situation of the inheritance of extraterritorial Network virtual property, this paper provides a reference for the development of the inheritance system of Network virtual property. Finally, from the aspects of establishing the legal responsibility of Network service providers, building the inheritance system of Network virtual property, playing the active roles of the third party and so on, this paper gives some suggestion on the legal protection of Network virtual property.