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hello, I would like to know if a married couple owns a copyright to a software package(technology), and one dies, does the survivor take sole ownership? ??

Submitted: 176 days and 12 hours ago.
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Posted by TooUnfazed 176 days and 11 hours ago.

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Hi, this is a legal question and needs to be sent to a legal expert. Tell us what country is this in reference to, and we'll put it in the right category for you.

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175 days and 19 hours ago.

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the united states, florida. volusia county.

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The copyright would pass just like other property. Unless there is a will that indicates otherwise, the surviving spouse would be the owner.

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