I know I’ve talked about estate executors and domains
and digital property before.
With a public health crisis, it makes sense to wonder
what happens to a website or domain owned by an individual if the individual
becomes ill for a long time and then dies or is incapacitated.
The problem has always existed, but the possibility
would seem more serious now with the Covid crisis.
It could be exacerbated when people are suddenly isolated
from their lives by quarantines, which may happen overseas more often than
here.
Yet I don’t find that much is done about it. Registrars send annual notices asking of your
domain information has changed, but usually these have been registered
privately.
GigaLaw gives a rundown (2012) and I don’t see that
anything has changed.
ICANN does have a best practices link on allowing
others access to this information.
VCG also has some discussion.
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