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Will Your Books and Music Die With You?

Posted by timothy on from the entire-universe-dies-with-me-actually dept.

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."

6 of 248 comments (clear)

  1. First by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will anyone want your collection of Justin Bieber and Rihanna when you die?

    1. Re:First by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, but I want to be buried with my Slayer and Black Sabbath albums. It will be good on scaring off the undead and it will guarantee that I won't be stuck playing a harp in the afterlife.

    2. Re:First by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, but I want to be buried with my Slayer and Black Sabbath albums. It will be good on scaring off the undead and it will guarantee that I won't be stuck playing a harp in the afterlife.

      The place you're going is more into accordions than harps.

    3. Re:First by Pseudonym · · Score: 3, Funny

      And Nixon will keep wiping the tapes.

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  2. Re:Too personal to be widely desirable by iluvcapra · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who needs libraries when you can pay Time Warner $50 a month to read public domain books FOR FREE! :)

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  3. Re:I'll be surprised if 2 people 'get' the joke(s) by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 3, Funny

    UID 4190? He must have joined Slashdot when it was still a magazine.

    He probably knew Mozart personally with a UID that low.

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