Virtual Goods Property
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Hello to all,
An interesting discussion with my friends has led me to create this topic, on the following subject:
Let us imagine that an internet user possesses an account on a streaming site. he buys, with tangible money, the rights to watch a number of movies.
Now, let us imagine that this user dies and fails to transmit his username and password to his family, but his family knows that he used to use the site and that he possessed a number of films on this account.
To whom do the paid for movies belong too?
Today, if a user ceases to use a pay for view site for a certain amount of time, and he does not respond to the email sent to him, his account is deleted, along with the "right" he had bought on the site.
But the user had bought those rights, in the way that I buy a movie on a DVD.
So the question is: what should be done? There are currently no laws regarding virtual private possessions, so would you have any opinions on the way things should be devellopped.
Personnally, I think there should be a way to conserve those rights for his family,just like when someone dies, the movie company doesn't come to take back the DVD's you've bought over the years.
Please share and discuss, thank you for your time and consideration.
Gubi, out.
An interesting discussion with my friends has led me to create this topic, on the following subject:
Let us imagine that an internet user possesses an account on a streaming site. he buys, with tangible money, the rights to watch a number of movies.
Now, let us imagine that this user dies and fails to transmit his username and password to his family, but his family knows that he used to use the site and that he possessed a number of films on this account.
To whom do the paid for movies belong too?
Today, if a user ceases to use a pay for view site for a certain amount of time, and he does not respond to the email sent to him, his account is deleted, along with the "right" he had bought on the site.
But the user had bought those rights, in the way that I buy a movie on a DVD.
So the question is: what should be done? There are currently no laws regarding virtual private possessions, so would you have any opinions on the way things should be devellopped.
Personnally, I think there should be a way to conserve those rights for his family,just like when someone dies, the movie company doesn't come to take back the DVD's you've bought over the years.
Please share and discuss, thank you for your time and consideration.
Gubi, out.
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kinda depends on the end user agreement/terms of condition(it's basically a contract)
from the part of who sold the intangible goods.
(you know the long essay before you check the "I Agree")
if the user agreed to it, you can't do anything about it (most of the time)
but isn't it kinda a waste(of time and money) if you put so much effort just because of virtual movies???...
I'm more curios if there are any "virtual goods" that is really worth filing claims and/or going after or you should sue for?
(hmmmm.. probably a domain registration. please tell me if you can think of more)
just imagine the tax you would pay if a virtual asset was worth millions.
and also IDK if a virtual product can qualify as intangible goods (accounting wise). it depends on the laws if they updated it and included such.
there are already laws for accounting/managing intangible goods, it would be nice if it included virtual products.
from the part of who sold the intangible goods.
(you know the long essay before you check the "I Agree")
if the user agreed to it, you can't do anything about it (most of the time)
Spoiler:
but isn't it kinda a waste(of time and money) if you put so much effort just because of virtual movies???...
I'm more curios if there are any "virtual goods" that is really worth filing claims and/or going after or you should sue for?
(hmmmm.. probably a domain registration. please tell me if you can think of more)
just imagine the tax you would pay if a virtual asset was worth millions.
and also IDK if a virtual product can qualify as intangible goods (accounting wise). it depends on the laws if they updated it and included such.
there are already laws for accounting/managing intangible goods, it would be nice if it included virtual products.