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How do terms of service agreements, as contracts of adhesion, influence users' digital accounts and their content?

Whenever a person wants to open an account with an online service provider (OSP), he or she has to consent to rules that govern the account. These rules are set in terms of service (TOS) agreements. Most people do not read TOS agreements, so they often do not know what they agreed upon and are not aware of the rules that pertain to the relationship between them and OSPs concerning their accounts and digital content. Regardless of them not being read, TOS agreements are binding contracts between a user and an OSP and they dictate what can or cannot be done with the account and its content. This chapter will deal with two issues. First, it will elaborate OSPs’ stand on whether digital accounts and its content are inheritable and why. Second, this chapter will answer the question: what rights do users have over the purchased digital content – do they own it or are they just purchasing a licence to use it?

contracts of adhesion, TOSA, digital account, digital content, inheritability of digital assets, license

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