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Will Your Books and Music Die With You?
theodp writes "Many of us will accumulate vast libraries of digital books and music over the course of our lifetimes, reports the WSJ, but when we die, our collections of words and music may expire with us. 'I find it hard to imagine a situation where a family would be OK with losing a collection of 10,000 books and songs,' says author Evan Carroll of the problems created for one's heirs with digital content, which doesn't convey the same ownership rights as print books and CDs. So what's the solution? Amazon and Apple were mum when contacted, but with the growth of digital assets, Dazza Greenwood of MIT's Media Lab said it's time to reform and update IP law so content can be transferred to another's account or divided between several people."
Get off your ass head down to the bookstore and browse the shelves. People buy books online because it is easy to do so from the mothers basement in your underwear. And if you are engaged in that sort of behaveour you will not have anyone to inherit your stuff so its a non-issue. I preffer to grab a large double-double head down to the store enjoy myself and sometime I meet people that I can have inteligent conversations with, people that have the same interests I do.