Herança digital no Brasil: transmissão post mortem de bens digitais

Abstract

Nowadays, it is indisputable that technological digital media have, over the years, gained prominence in human relationships. From shopping and banking to entertainment, the list of what can be done in the digital environment is extensive. Thus, the era of digitalization of human relations is experienced, with the transformations that the technological advent has provided to society being manifest. In this scenario, movies, music, books, and photos are just a few examples, among many others, of the items that in contemporary times can fully exist in the computer environment. Therefore, in view of the foregoing, it is necessary to investigate the following question: To what extent is it possible to apply the rules of inheritance law on digital assets and inheritance? Aiming to understand this question, the present work will use the deductive method, starting from general and true premises to the particular premises, ending in logical conclusion. Thus, the first chapter will seek, through qualitative bibliographic research, to define the principles to conceptualize the phenomenon of digital goods, observing the related norms in the Brazilian Legal Order.