Part 1: Who gets access to Digital Asset upon your death or disability?

What happens to your Digital Assets when you die?
Your Digital Assets could be located on your own computer, in the cloud or with a host vendor.
Digital Assets might be owned by you, or you may only have a license to use the digital asset during your lifetime. A domain name is a Digital Asset that may have monetary value. Or Digital Assets such as photos that you never printed out on paper may hold only emotional value.
In this video you'll see how difficult it has been for a family to access the emails of a man who died without making a Last Will & Testament that included Digital Assets. You can read the case at:
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I talk about the categories of Digital Assets and Digital Devices, and how you can make an Inventory that starts the process of Estate Planning for Digital Assets. Planning Templates for single and married people are at:
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When deciding who gets your Digital Assets and Digital Devices, think of a simple example: the very different property interests in steel file cabinets owned by an author or scientist. He or she may want to give the filing cabinets to a nephew, and donate the paper manuscripts or research files contained inside the filing cabinets to a library or museum.
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