Digital heritage: Comments on case-law by German Bundesgerichtsholf, 27.08.2020 (Urteil vom 12.07.2018, AZ.: III ZR 183/17)

  • Ulises García-Jociles Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España)
Keywords: Digital heritagge, Social network, Bundesgerichtshof, Landgericht, German judicial structure, European Union, Regulation (EU) 650/2012

Abstract

The interests of companies and individuals change over time due to technological development. In recent years, one of the most important steps is internet and, specifically, social networks. Some of the users die after having used social media. This generates disputes as far as the interests of the family are concerned, the firms that offer the service and the privacy of the deceased. This is why we have to analyze the regulation of "digital inheritance". A relevant judgment for that is the BGH judgment of 07.12.2018.

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Published
2023-12-21
How to Cite
García-Jociles U. (2023). Digital heritage: Comments on case-law by German Bundesgerichtsholf, 27.08.2020 (Urteil vom 12.07.2018, AZ.: III ZR 183/17). Derecom. Derecho de la Comunicación y de Nuevas Tecnologías, 31. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/DERE/article/view/91194
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No. 31 (2021)
Section
Opiniones

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