CONTRACTUAL LIMITATIONS IN THE MORTIS CAUSA LEGAL SUCCESSION ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FACEBOOK CONTRACT. THE GERMAN FACEBOOK CASE
CONTRACTUAL LIMITATIONS IN THE MORTIS CAUSA LEGAL SUCCESSION ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FACEBOOK CONTRACT. THE GERMAN FACEBOOK CASE

Summary/Abstract: Contracts with internet service providers often contain restrictions on the use of an internet account by other persons. These provisions are particularly interesting in the context of being able to access digital content on these accounts, especially after the death of the current user. One of the most popular in this context are social networking sites, among them Facebook. Against this background there arises, among others, an interesting problem of inheritance of the content contained in the Facebook and the relationship of the provisions contained in the contract concluded between the service provider and the user with the regulations of inheritance law for the succession case after the deceased user of Facebook services. The author presents the key issues in this area, together with a selection of some dilemmas and discusses some possible solutions, and the source of his comments is the Facebook account inheritance case recently decided in Germany.

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