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Category Archives: Intellectual Property Rights
Study Shows Users Don’t Read Terms of Service Agreements
Not surprisingly, a recent study shows that users don’t read Terms of Service Agreements and Privacy Policies. In a July 7, 2016, working paper, Jonathan Obar and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch reported that, in their experiment, 98% of users missed the “gotcha … Continue reading
Posted in General, Intellectual Property Rights
Tagged accounts, copyright, death, decedent, died, digital property, estate planning, jim lamm, online accounts
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Jim Lamm Presents on Digital Death at 2013 Heckerling Institute
On Thursday, January 17, 2013, I presented a ninety–minute seminar titled “Digital Death: What to Do When Your Client Is Six Feet Under But His Data Is in the Cloud” with Professor Christina L. Kunz and Damien A. Riehl at … Continue reading
Posted in E-mail, Intellectual Property Rights, Social Networking Accounts
Tagged copyright, death, decedent, died, digital music, digital property, domain names, e-mail, estate planning, facebook, intellectual property, iTunes, jim lamm, online accounts, passwords, social networking
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What Happens to Your Apple iTunes Music, Videos, and eBooks When You Die?
Recently, there have been several news stories about what happens to your digital music, videos, and eBooks purchased from Apple’s iTunes when you die. The same question would apply to other digital music, video, and eBook sellers (for example, eBooks … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property Rights
Tagged amazon, apple, copyright, death, decedent, died, digital music, digital property, digital publishing, incapacity, intellectual property, iTunes, jim lamm, online accounts
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Defending Your Ownership and Privacy in Twitter (and Other Online Accounts)
If law enforcement demands the contents of your electronic communications or non–content records from your Twitter account, do you have standing to challenge the subpoena? A New York criminal court has said “no”—because you don’t have a proprietary interest in … Continue reading
Posted in E-mail, General, Intellectual Property Rights, Social Networking Accounts, Video Games & Virtual Worlds
Tagged accounts, death, decedent, died, digital property, e-mail, facebook, incapacity, intellectual property, jim lamm, social networking, twitter, video games, virtual worlds
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Protecting Privacy of Customer Personal Information in Borders Bankruptcy Asset Sales
As part of the Borders bankruptcy proceeding, Barnes & Noble offered to purchase the “consumer personal information” of Borders, including over 20 million customers’ online account information, e–mail addresses, and purchase history. However, Borders had a privacy policy that stated customer … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property Rights
Tagged digital property, estate planning, intellectual property, jim lamm, online accounts, online sales, privacy
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Estate Planning and Digital Music: Copyright Termination Rights
I’ve written before about estate planning for digital intellectual property rights and specifically about estate planning and digital music. An August 15, 2011, article in The New York Times by Larry Rohter titled “Record Industry Braces for Artists’ Battles Over Song … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property Rights
Tagged death, decedent, died, digital music, digital property, estate planning, intellectual property, jim lamm
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Rights Under Apple’s iTunes Terms and Conditions
On May 6, 2011, CNN posted an article titled “What You Should Know About iTunes’ 56–Page Legal Terms” by Umika Pidaparthy. I’ve been asked several times “what happens to my iTunes songs and any unused cash balance in my iTunes account … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property Rights
Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, estate planning, intellectual property, iTunes, jim lamm, online accounts, privacy
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Jim Lamm Quoted in Intellectual Property Magazine
In the April 2011 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, I was quoted extensively in the article “Welcome to My World, Won’t You Come on In” by Catherine White (subscription or free trial registration required). The article discusses preserving e–mails, online … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property Rights, Video Games & Virtual Worlds
Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, estate planning, intellectual property, video games, virtual worlds
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Jim Lamm Interviewed on Public Radio: Your Digital Afterlife
On April 15, 2011, I participated in an hour–long panel discussion titled “Your Digital Afterlife” that was broadcast on public radio station WFAE 90.7 FM in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. Mike Collins, the host of the “Charlotte Talks” daily talk … Continue reading
Posted in E-mail, Financial Accounts, General, Intellectual Property Rights, Social Networking Accounts, Video Games & Virtual Worlds
Tagged accounts, death, decedent, died, digital music, digital property, estate planning, facebook, intellectual property, jim lamm, online accounts, passwords, social networking, video games, virtual worlds, Web page
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Right of Publicity and Right of Privacy After Death
The New York Times posted an opinion piece about a person’s right of publicity after death on March 27, 2011, titled “The New Grave Robbers” by Ray D. Madoff. I saw this article mentioned on the TaxProf Blog. The opinion piece … Continue reading
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Tagged death, decedent, died, digital property, intellectual property, jim lamm
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