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Bequeathing font licenses!
Posted by Vertex in
7 Aug 2007 — 7:38am
7 Aug 2007 — 7:38am
Dear Members!
Is it possible to bequeath or entail font licenses?
I would appreciate any advice!
Thank You in advance!
Vertex
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7 Aug 2007 — 7:53am
It would really depend on whether or not the font license is non-transferable. If the license can be transfered, there’s no reason one could not bequeath it. But with non-transferable software licensing you’ll probably need to talk to a lawyer.
7 Aug 2007 — 8:12am
Be aware that many U.S. licences contain causes that are not valid outside of the U.S. and can simply be ignored. The EU countries have a much higher level of consumer protection laws (especially northern Europe) than the U.S. and those laws may render some clauses in the licences void.
7 Aug 2007 — 8:15am
Vertex,
That is a very interesting question. When I bought the original Adobe Font LIbrary (1989 or was that 1990) they sold it to me on a) floppy disks and 2) a hard disk for my imagesetter.
They told me if I ever got out of the business and wanted to sell it (that library was $15,000) I could sell it to anyone and they would have all the legal rights to it.
I still own it - never sold it.
I think jpad gave you good advice -- good luck.
7 Aug 2007 — 8:36am
Putting the licenses in the name of a company or trust might be a good option for large ammounts of licensed IP.
What happens to your iTunes when you die?
Cheers, Si
7 Aug 2007 — 11:05am
SI -
The iTunes get onto your iPod (somehow) and then they get stolen and used by the offender... Gee, everybody knows that.
7 Aug 2007 — 11:17am
What happens to your iTunes when you die?
Your heirs get screwed—which is the whole point of DRM. The companies pushing DRM know that it will never stop piracy, but it will screw customers into buying the same old stuff over and over and never being able to unload it at the local used book/software/music/movie store.
7 Aug 2007 — 11:55am
>Gee, everybody knows that.
Sorry for being so dim. ;-)
I never owned an MP3 player before Saturday night.