The End of Ownership Personal Property in the Digital Economy

• Main Author: Perzanowski, Aaron (auth)
• Other Authors: Schultz, Jason (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2016
• Series: Information Society Series
• Subjects: Coding theory & cryptology; Personal property law; Impact of science & technology on society; patent law; digital economy; ebook; copyright; technology; Internet of Things
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An argument for retaining the notion of personal property in the products we "buy" in the digital marketplace. If you buy a book at the bookstore, you own it. You can take it home, scribble in the margins, put in on the shelf, lend it to a friend, sell it at a garage sale. But is the same...