Nairobi, March 7 -- As of 2009, the arts, entertainment and recreational sector accounted for 5.3 percent of the gross domestic product. It raked in Sh85.21 billion and put food on the tables of about 300,000 people. Despite the statistics, a good number of creatives do not have any estate or succession planning. In most cases, when they die their families suffer financially as has been reported in the media.

A lack of proper estate and succession planning is the cause. I feel that a lack of awareness that digital assets are property could be a reason that there is little estate planning among creatives. The fact that digital assets are intangible does not mean they are property.

Many people plan for a tangible property like land. Howev...