I talk a lot about digital assets; I personally think that most people have not adequately considered what will become of their online selves on their deaths, and very few service providers have even begun to think about their users dying, let alone what will happen...
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Digital asset laws
I have written before about the difficulties with passing on and preserving (or taking down) digital assets. Gerry Beyer at the Wills, Trusts and Estates Prof Blog recently posted an article about a bill that passed in Virginia regarding digital assets. It has passed...
How to bequeath your electronic bills
Two weeks ago, I blogged about passing on your digital music files. Here's another conundrum: how do you pass on access to your online bills, banking, tax filings, and other digital "documents"? According to this article on SmartMoney, there are very few provisions...
Email from the grave
In case you needed another reason to ensure your email gets shut down after your death, check out this story about a woman whose email account was hacked two years after her death, following which the hacker started spamming everyone in her address book. Most webmail...