![]() ![]() If we own our purchases, we are free to make whatever lawful use of them we please. But, most important, it would affirm our sense of self-direction and autonomy. ![]() Perzanowski and Schultz argue that introducing aspects of private property and ownership into the digital marketplace would offer both legal and economic benefits. The rights of private property are clear, but few people manage to read their end user agreements. ![]() But, Perzanowski and Schultz warn, consumers should be aware of the tradeoffs involving user constraints, permanence, and privacy. Of course, ebooks, cloud storage, streaming, and other digital goods offer users convenience and flexibility. In The End of Ownership, Aaron Perzanowski and Jason Schultz explore how notions of ownership have shifted in the digital marketplace, and make an argument for the benefits of personal property. These readers thought they owned their copies of 1984. That means your ebook vendor can delete the book from your device without warning or explanation-as Amazon deleted Orwell's 1984 from the Kindles of surprised readers several years ago. But is the same thing true for the ebooks or other digital goods you buy? Retailers and copyright holders argue that you don't own those purchases, you merely license them. 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. ![]() If you buy a book at the bookstore, you own it. ![]()
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