- From: Pete Johnston <Pete.Johnston@eduserv.org.uk>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:33:18 +0100
- To: "Tim Anglade" <tim.anglade@af83.com>, "Phil Archer" <phil@philarcher.org>
- Cc: <public-xg-socialweb@w3.org>
Tim Anglade said: > Currently, I'm only aware of two major services who take this > eventuality into account: > * Facebook urges you to "memorialize" the deceased's page [1]. > Apparently, if you can *prove* you're the next of kin, > they'll let you delete the account [2]; > * MySpace lets you delete it permanently [3]. I guess virtual worlds may be out of scope for this effort, but it may be of interest that Linden Lab (the providers of the Second Life virtual world) allow a resident to legally bequeath their Second Life account and its assets (e.g. the things the resident has created or purchased "in world") to another person: https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417 https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=4265 See also this recent post on the "Not Possible in Real Life" weblog which sought to raise awareness of the issue amongst those creating content in Second Life: http://npirl.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-let-your-virtual-creations-die.ht ml Pete --- Pete Johnston Technical Researcher, Eduserv pete.johnston@eduserv.org.uk +44 (0)1225 474323 http://www.eduserv.org.uk/research/people/petejohnston/ http://efoundations.typepad.com/
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