The purpose of this wiki
As we spend more and more of our time online it is gradually becoming an integral part of our lives. We may keep treasured memories on photo sites or our deepest thoughts in blogs. We may have important and intimate relationships with people we have only ever met on the web. Although it is not pleasant to contemplate it, we should be thinking a little more about what happens to our online life after we pass away. This site hopes to provoke some thought about the issue, but is primarily being built so as to become a place where those charged with dealing with a deceased persons online life can find out their options. Below you'll find a list of links to pages about sites that have been surveyed so far. Please add to the list if you know or have found out a site's policies, or comment on those that are already documented.
The paper that started the site
I started this site because I realised the need for something like it while researching a paper about death online for law school. I've linked to a scribd version of the paper in case people wish to examine my thoughts in greater detail. It's consciously not written in legalese and meant for general consumption. Please feel free to discuss the paper and its many shortcomings here: the paper
Sites covered so far
Facebook.com
MySpace.com
Bebo.com
Flickr.com
Blogger.com
Last.fm
Amazon.com
