08/05/2020
Our colleague, Alin Daniel Florescu, published an article on the possibility to inherit digital assets and the current practice of internet service providers regarding this matter.
https://whichlawyer.ro/Opinion/Dealing-with-the-death-of-a-user-The-possibility-to-inherit-digital-assets-Alin-Daniel-Florescu--Marko-Udrea-
"In the past, the assets of a person were, for the most part, tangible. Even photos, documents, receipts, bills, music, movies etc. were tangible or were fixed on a tangible media such as CDs or DVD’s. After death, it was usually easy to identify the property of the deceased and to split it between the rightful heirs. But nowadays there is an extra layer of difficulty in dying. Many of our family heirlooms, photos, videos and assets are digitized and stored on computers, smartphones, flash drives, email accounts, clouds, online platforms, apps etc. Most of us have a lot of these digital assets, but almost none of us think about what will happen to them after we die. In the UK, research shows that 85% of participants have not considered the digital implications of their death yet1. Similarly, a legal practice regarding this matter has not yet been formed, since lawyers often leave out digital assets from their discussions with clients regarding estate planning." - Alin Daniel Florescu, Markó & Udrea Attorneys-at-law
https://whichlawyer.ro/Opinion/Dealing-with-the-death-of-a-user-The-possibility-to-inherit-digital-assets-Alin-Daniel-Florescu--Marko-Udrea-