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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Share account info, problem is solved. Download all the books into Calibre and free them from DRM. Problem solved, for a family member or heir. (Although I don't encourage readers to give out their books to just everyone, that's piracy)
Digital content laws have not kept up with development, that's for sure. But it's not huge on my concern list.
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I concur, they haven't kept up with development, and they flout social convention that's been in place cross-culturally since the very invention of books.
As to its importance as a concern, that's understandable -- even for those TRYING to behave in a legal as well as ethical manner, the issue only arises once you find yourself in that position (facing one's own death or the passing of another). And that's a prime reason why it doesn't command the attention it would require to raise the issue more effectively, in the courts and legislatures.