Sweden always seems to be in the bleeding edge when it comes to civil/legal rights and privacy concerns don't they?
Although they were one of the first countries to tax virtual currency income they are now one of the first to offer wills for their players.
That's right according to Swedish news site GP (English translation here) the "Second-Life"-like Project Entropia (700,000 players) published by Swedish company MindArk will start drafting wills for it's players so that their virtual assets can be passed on after their death.
This begs the question, which one of your kids get's your decked out character with that castle in prime virtual real-estate? Let the sibling rivalry begin.
From the article:
"The company Mindark from Gothenburg will begin to draw up wills for their customers to cover the things they own in their virtual computer world.- It's a natural development, says project manager Carl Uggla."
Natural development? Tell that to Blizzard!
You can find some legal commentary from our friends over at Virtually Blind.