北京市石景山区人民法院审结一起网络游戏账号继承纠纷案。[1]母亲陈某要求继承已故独子生前注册的87个游戏账号，游戏公司以用户协议和账号人身属性为由拒绝。[1]法院认定游戏账号属于网络虚拟财产，使用权具有可继承性，判令游戏公司配合办理实名认证信息变更，双方均未上诉。[1]
法院认为，游戏账号构成生产经营类虚拟财产，其使用权以财产利益为核心。[1]根据民法典第一千一百二十二条，遗产是自然人死亡时遗留的个人合法财产，游戏账号使用权符合此定义。[1]虽然实名认证产生人身属性，但法院裁定这些属性仅为身份规制要件，非专属性权利，不构成依性质不得继承的情形。[1]
The Beijing Shijingshan District People's Court has ruled that a gaming company must assist in transferring ownership of 87 game accounts that belonged to a deceased only child.[1] The case centered on whether such virtual accounts constitute inheritable property under Chinese law.
The mother, Chen, sought to inherit the game accounts her son had registered during his lifetime.[1] The gaming company initially refused the request, citing the user agreement and claiming the accounts possessed personal attributes that made them non-transferable.[1] However, the court determined that game accounts should be classified as production and operation-related virtual property, with usage rights centered on financial interests that are capable of inheritance.[1] The court ruled that the real-name authentication information linked to the accounts merely serves as an identity regulation requirement and does not constitute a personal right exempt from inheritance.[1]
The court's decision applied provisions from the Civil Code, specifically Article 127, which states that data and network virtual property shall be protected according to relevant legal provisions, and Article 1122, which defines an estate as personal lawful property left by a natural person at death.[1] The court ordered the gaming company to cooperate in updating the real-name authentication information associated with the 87 accounts.[1] Neither party appealed the judgment.[1]
