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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
That's an interesting point - would the digital property of a person who dies intestate go to the State (where that is the law)? For example: ebooks, music, fims, audio books. (Yeah I know at the moment people will say that they're copyrighted but that may not continue to be the case - so for the sake of discussion consider all digital property to be inheritable)
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It's not the fact that they are protected by copyright that's the issue. All sorts of things are protected by copyright, but can still be inherited: books, DVDs, CDs, etc.
The issue with digital goods is the fact that they are licensed, not sold, and the contract you have with the supplier says that the licence is not transferable. Ie it's a matter of contract law, not copyright.
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Murg I think it might still be the case in NSW that where a person dies intestate and there are no immediate relatives that the residue of the estate goes to the State.
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It has to go somewhere, so really the state is the only place it can go.