The Weaverluke blog has spotted a really interesting story about how a divorcing couple in China are in dispute over who gets to keep the 10 accounts for a virtual world that they jointly own. The accounts have a real market value. My take on the story, which I've added to Weaverluke, is:
"The only "intangible" that most individuals have had to regard as being important up until now have been bank accounts and maybe shareholdings, and you wouldn't put them in someone else's name, or give someone access to them without thinking twice. In my view, the story demonstrates that individuals are going to have to start actively managing their other virtual assets, now that these assets are perceived to have value."
Weaverluke is the blog of Luke Razzell, one of the key thinkers and promoters of the Identity Society movement amongst other things. I've been reading Luke's blog since just before attending an Identity Society event in February 2007 (see my brief report on the event). If you want to keep up with the latest thinking on identity, a good place to start is Weaverluke.
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