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Do you has Facebook? Tweeter? Blog? Mface? All of this is a social network, and every body has it, including you. When you die, does your Facebook account die with you? Or that online photo album? What about your iTunes playlist, blogs or tweets? Do you know laws in U.S and elsewhere are vague on the fate of digital right to online accounts after death, leading to complications and legal wrangling for survivors who want access to the online services of the deceased. Legal experts say it's unclear who owns what in the internet "cloud", and in some cases the user agreement for email or social networking sites terminates when a person dies. In the case of online photo album, those photo are yours and you have a copyright, but the problem is if you upload them to a site like Shutterfly, the property you own is now stuck behind a license. The underlying asset is still owned by you but the access terminates on your death. The same can be said about emails. Some accounts may have actual value, such as revenue-producing blogs, while others may have important sentimental value.

The planning for handling online account, consumers can use a number of options including simply writing down instructions for family members, and please remember that if it's online world and an online identity you should have an online service. Like Facebook, it will allow family members to remove an account or create a "memorial" page. Experts advice against detailing all digital assets in a will, which could become a public document, opening up the possibility of identity theft. Some say a separate document or executor for digital assets could be useful, and one way to preserve access would be to register account in the name of a trust, control of which could be transferred on death.

Some may seek an online services, while others can handle their account by creating a spreadsheet or simply having a conversation with their family, but it does require some planning. This is a dirty little uncovered corner of the web, we need to realize that if we want to be a digital society we need to be able to deal with digital assets after death. It would be useful to be able to name beneficiaries for accounts, but this could create considerable administrative costs. Google or Facebook aren't built to verify death, and they have too many users. A lot of the folks in the internet boom are too young to care, or have an air or invincibility. Try to think, as you see more baby boomers nearing retirement and passing away this will become a more pressing issue.