Can you will your ebooks to someone?

toomanybooks · 04-10-2009, 04:52 PM

I was talking to my husband about this the other night. I have left my physical library to him in my will, but what about the ebooks that I am acquiring. Can I legally will my ebooks to someone? What needs to happen to make this legal in the States?

I wondered if anyone has any input on this topic.

pilotbob · 04-10-2009, 04:57 PM

That's a good question. One thing I am pretty sure you can do is provide the login credentials for the digital store.

But, if you read the licenses with these stores they claim you are licensing the book and not buying it. There have been alot of questions about "digital" property that I think are going to have to be answered by the courts or legislation very soon. I am sure that many people have this question about there MP3 and digital movies too.

BOb

InlawBiker · 04-10-2009, 05:12 PM

As far as I understand the DMCA, ebooks are transferable on the device they were purchased and licensed on. So one could 'pass along' their reader along with the books that are on it. As to the legality of the DMCA itself, that is another question entirely.

DaleDe · 04-10-2009, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toomanybooks

I was talking to my husband about this the other night. I have left my physical library to him in my will, but what about the ebooks that I am acquiring. Can I legally will my ebooks to someone? What needs to happen to make this legal in the States?

I wondered if anyone has any input on this topic.

I have seen this issue addressed only to the extent of license transfer, that is, transfer of the DRM to another person. And I do believe this can be done. I have a significant amount tied up in WordSearch bible eBooks and they can be transferred via a will.

Dale

04-10-2009, 04:52 PM	#1
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 1039424 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	Can you will your ebooks to someone? I was talking to my husband about this the other night. I have left my physical library to him in my will, but what about the ebooks that I am acquiring. Can I legally will my ebooks to someone? What needs to happen to make this legal in the States? I wondered if anyone has any input on this topic.

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04-10-2009, 04:57 PM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	That's a good question. One thing I am pretty sure you can do is provide the login credentials for the digital store. But, if you read the licenses with these stores they claim you are licensing the book and not buying it. There have been alot of questions about "digital" property that I think are going to have to be answered by the courts or legislation very soon. I am sure that many people have this question about there MP3 and digital movies too. BOb

04-10-2009, 05:12 PM	#3
InlawBiker Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 544 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Seattle WA Device: Kindle 1.0	As far as I understand the DMCA, ebooks are transferable on the device they were purchased and licensed on. So one could 'pass along' their reader along with the books that are on it. As to the legality of the DMCA itself, that is another question entirely.

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