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What happens to your iTunes library when you die?

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Crimson

What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« on: 23 Aug 2012, 09:30 pm »
Food for thought, although 99% of my library is comprised of my own rips (although I hear that's not really mine either).

Who inherits your iTunes library?.
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Quiet Earth

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #1 on: 23 Aug 2012, 09:51 pm »
We go up to the cloud and join with it.
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JLM

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #2 on: 23 Aug 2012, 10:14 pm »
Good question.

Everyone has a will (the state has a standard default one that applies to anyone unless you've written your own).  Typically the state will gives everything to the current spouse, if no spouse equally to all decendants, if no decendants equally to all siblings.  Having your own will can also help avoid various estate taxes.

Now, does anyone know (or can find) all your log-ins and passwords, accounts, list of family/friends?

And you have advanced care directives in place?

Finally, what about final arrangements?  (Hate to pile on, but its all important.)

It's frankly irresponsible (like me  :oops:) not to have all this end of life planning in place.  Just add it to top of your bucket list.   :green:
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jarcher

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #3 on: 23 Aug 2012, 10:42 pm »
All good points from JLM, and serving as executor / trustee for my late mother, things I've come to realize all to well.

BUT........think everyone should actually click the link & read the article - it's an eye opener.  Something really to think about as I'm in the process of doing my own estate planning.

Sure, your heirs can just assume ownership of your equipment w/ all your digital property & do as they please, but as far as real full legal property rights to that content, that article discusses that grey area. I guess another reason to buy media in physical format & rip it to your PC.  Though storing all that indefinitely as the collection grows is a bit of a PITA.
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thunderbrick

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #4 on: 23 Aug 2012, 11:46 pm »
Wait a minute!!  We DIE?? :slap:
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pumpkinman

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #5 on: 23 Aug 2012, 11:48 pm »

I'm sure at that point I won't really care what happens to anything I own.  :angel:
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Crimson

Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #6 on: 24 Aug 2012, 04:09 am »
Quote from: thunderbrick on 23 Aug 2012, 11:46 pm
Wait a minute!!  We DIE?? :slap:

Just some of us.

 8)

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MaxCast

Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #7 on: 24 Aug 2012, 12:46 pm »
haven't read the article yet but I've thought about that.  There is no secondary market for apps and downloads.  You buy it and that's it you can't sell it.  Pretty good racket.  :P
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lokie

Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #8 on: 24 Aug 2012, 12:59 pm »
I have two immediate thoughts:
First, how is "The Man" going to to control the assets... with Tags, imbedded code?

Second, I'm trying to figure out where my kids heads will be at in 30 years, which is impossible to predict. But the kids today just scoff at the idea of "paying" for digits.

Who knows how it will all evolve. Will they try to accommodate the citizens or will the corporate lobby complex write the laws. Well funded lobbyist seem to own the process these days, but, who knows?
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jqp

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #9 on: 24 Aug 2012, 04:26 pm »
anything digital that you purchased from Apple must be buried with you
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nathanm

Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #10 on: 24 Aug 2012, 04:40 pm »
Your digital assets are as good as gone.  I can barely remember my passwords now, nevermind my heirs.  I already can't play the early iTunes purchases I made on my new computer because of forgotten passwords and old e-mail accounts.
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Regalma

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #11 on: 24 Aug 2012, 04:41 pm »
The monitor Apple installed in you when you signed the EULA sends a message to Cupertino and the Apple stormtroopers are dispatched to secure all your Apple electronics. What did you think happens?
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WGH

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« Reply #12 on: 24 Aug 2012, 08:14 pm »


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DARTH AUDIO

Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #13 on: 24 Aug 2012, 08:56 pm »
Quote from: WGH on 24 Aug 2012, 08:14 pm

That is awesome!! I'll take one!!
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Crimson

Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #14 on: 24 Aug 2012, 09:29 pm »
Looks like we can take it with us. Does it come with a remote and backlit keyboard?
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jarcher

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Re: What happens to your iTunes library when you die?
« Reply #15 on: 26 Aug 2012, 06:40 am »
It occurs to me now w/ the advent of services like spotify that the idea of actually "owning" your own music "software" will seem antiquated to future generations, rendering the whole problem somewhat mute.

Too bad there isn't an "audiophile" spotify - probably because 99.6N% of people don't care.

A business opportunity for a HD tracks?

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