The End of Ownership : Personal Property in the Digital Economy /

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"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 thing true for the ebooks or other digital goods you buy? Retailers and copyright holders argue that you don't...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Perzanowski, Aaron (Author), Schultz, Jason M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Personal property.
Internet > Law and legislation.
Intellectual property.
Electronic commerce > Law and legislation.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
intellectual property.
personal property.
Propriete intellectuelle.
Biens personnels.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Property rights and the exhaustion principle
  • Copies, clouds & streams
  • Ownership : the fine print
  • The "buy now" lie
  • The promise & perils of digital libraries
  • DRM & the secret war inside your devices
  • The internet of things you don't own
  • Patents & the ordinary pursuits of life
  • Ownership's uncertain future.

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