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Originally Posted by burnafterreading
if it's just smiles and helping others, a will is irrelevant and discussing who gets ebooks and other digital goods is a spectacular waste of time for that person, n'est pas? 
nearly any joe / joanne can amass thousands of ebooks and mp3 files (or licenses for them as the case seems to be). it takes no great personal effort to do that and 99.99999% of the times the item isn't even rare. there's no real personal mark on that. |
My opinion agrees with yours in that passing on a lot of books electronic or not, is not the big favour people seem to think it is. It could even be a burden as the legatee might feel obligated in some way to read them and not want to. Plus as the law stands in most countries they cannot sell them.
Not only that, but those that do so are passing on a moral dilemma as well, and which few will thank them for. Imaginary case. I was left $20,000 worth of ebooks by my aunt/mother etc. How can I legally sell them? Answer you can't.
If one is determined to leave ebooks to others do it before you die and explain the legal consequences. Much fairer than to leave your beneficiaries thinking they got something they could use legally or could sell legally. Man up.
So yes I agree up to a point. But the people who care and obsess upon this topic may have substantial physical property to bequeath and even if not, many have probably led meaningful lives.
Helen