Thread: What happens to my digital content when I die
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Old 06-10-2017, 04:05 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Conan46 View Post
Google has a nice set up. I set mine for 6 mos after there is no activity on my account it alerts my daughter and she will get access to everything I have with google--books, uploaded/purchased music, movies/videos, google drive files, etc.
I no longer buy any digital movies at Amazon. Look for Ultraviolet movies at Vudu which can be accessed from different providers. It astounds me that Amazon will not join the Ultraviolet or the Disney Movies Anywhere option for that matter. Bad idea to be limited to one vendor with any digital content.
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Originally Posted by stumped View Post
I do care about not being able to avoid leaving a digital and subscription mess

You could say why write a will, as you won't be around to care about that either.

I am inclined to write a long list of what services need to be kept alive or transferred plus the codes and instructions for doing that.
Internet, Amazon incl prime cloud storage, Netflix , spotify family, Google drive, apps, Gmail...

Stick around for ten years and that list could grow tenfold...
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Has this been discussed ,and are there any recommendaions, for owned kindle ,music, video content at amazon.
Afaik you cannot create a joint account, and while you can de drm kindle books, for now anyway, you can't for video. So it it a case of leaving passwords in an envelope, or in a will, or are there better solutions.
Does amazon have a stated policy, yet.
I feel bad about asking does anyone have personal experience of having to sort this....
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No idea. I don't think there is a hard and fast rule.
It depends on the laws of the country you live in.
They differ.

In the USA, you can pass on or sell (or give away) a printed book that you own -
But not (yet) with electronic media that you own the rights to.

So if in the USA, don't worry about it, it is (currently) a non-problem.
When you are gone, so are your rights to electronic media.
(Same, same reason nobody can inherit your Windows license, nor do you find used e-books sold in a used book store. It all goes back to some court decisions in the days of electronic game cartridges, you'll likely be dead before the courts "get it right".)
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