Global Journal of Human-Social Science, A: Arts and Humanities, Volume 22 Issue 4

© 2022. Dóris Ghilardi & Jorge Nunes da Rosa Filho. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Succession of Digital Rights in Brazil: In Search of Appropriate Legal Treatment By Dóris Ghilardi & Jorge Nunes da Rosa Filho Federal University of Santa Catarina Abstract- The digital age steadily expands its horizons, requiring constant adaptations in the social, political, economic, and legal spheres. At present, one acquires goods and services over the internet; works remotely; stores documents in the cloud; invests in cryptocurrencies; interacts through social networks; publishes photos, videos and messages. All these digital assets challenge the law in several aspects, including their fate after the user's death. Focusing on the issue of digital inheritance, this article aims to analyze the succession of digital assets. In the absence of a specific law, traditional legal categories of civil law and inheritance theory are revisited in order to accommodate these assets, and to present solutions proposed by foreign law - legislation and judicial decisions - in order to seek guidelines for the adequate treatment of the subject in Brazil. Given the complexity of the matter in question, we conclude that there is an urgent need to regulate digital inheritance taking into consideration its specific features, such as the mixed nature of the assets that compose it. Keywords: digital heritage. legal nature. legitimate succession. testamentary succession. last will and testamentary dispositions. GJHSS-A Classification: DDC Code: 323 LCC Code: JC571 SuccessionofDigitalRightsinBrazilInSearchofAppropriateLegalTreatment Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Arts & Humanities - Psychology Volume 22 Issue 4 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: