".......when we die, our collections of words and music may expire with us."

[gb18]

Sigh.

http://money.msn.com/family-money/article.aspx?post=0e6fb7ea-6506-4b5e-bbd6-aaebfb27f5e3

[MacMcK1957]

An interesting legal issue, but, frankly, my tunes and e-books aren't really tied to me.  They're tied to a login account and available to whoever knows that account and password.  It's not as if iTunes or B&N is scouring the obituaries and disabling the account when they learn of my death.

[patgolfneb]

Does this mean I could be the first to put my copy of 50 shades in my trust so my grandkids can access it? If the copyright periods were reasonable nobody would care. Then the few truly exceptional books I buy would probably be public domain. I doubt most heirs, except for those who have famous parents, have much interest in their parents or grandparents books. Tastes change so most of our purchases won't interest our heirs. Of course you will lose out on a couple hundred? from the estate sale.

[bobstro]

There won't be anybody inheriting a trunk full of rare old comic books anymore, I guess.

[gb18]

"There's just one huge catch: the purchaser doesn't own the files he downloads. There's just one huge catch: the purchaser doesn't own the files he downloads."

http://www.techweb.com/news/240006412/your-purchased-itunes-ebooks-die-with-you.html