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Which is fine, but I was addressing the comment I was replying to, which basically discounted the entire concept of DMVs selling driving records to insurance co
by astura 7y ago
Which is fine, but I was addressing the comment I was replying to, which basically discounted the entire concept of DMVs selling driving records to insurance companies and trucking companies as "fucked."
- chadlavi 7y agoI mean, the fact that they're _selling_ it per se is also fucked -- the notion that data about me is something the state sells (not a thing that the state charges a fee to access, like some public records) is a pretty dismal concept.
- astura 7y agoWhat's the difference between "selling" and "charging for access?"
- judge2020 7y agoI suppose it's the difference between "you downloaded this page to your RAM" and "you downloaded this file to your hard drive", plus how "access" means you're given a license to the data, and "selling" means you now own it as property.
- alistairSH 7y agoPossibly nothing, but in this context, to me, "sell" means sell for a profit, while "charge for access" means charge just enough to cover hosting/admin costs. For something like getting my address or driving record, that's possibly the difference between $5 and $20 per request (total guesses).