averageperson

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   by averageperson 8y ago

   "Is there a jurisdiction where there is no legal distinction between selling data (transferring ownership) and providing access to data for a fee (licensing)?" I thought perhaps you had a jurisdiction in mind where there is no dif
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   by averageperson 8y ago

   Isn't that a principle relating to proving ownership? If yes, then no, that is not what I meant, although I think I see what you are getting at. What I meant was, "Is there a jurisdiction where a company cannot license (permit) ac
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   by averageperson 8y ago

   Users own the copyright to the stuff they share with Facebook ("users' data"). Facebook acknowledges this explicitly in its Terms. Does FB have sufficient rights to "sell" copies of users' data? Unless the ow
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   by averageperson 8y ago

   Is there a jurisdiction that treats ownership and permission to do something as the same thing?
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   by averageperson 8y ago

   However, legally they are not the same thing.
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   by averageperson 8y ago

   (You are addressing the advertiser ecosystem while the focus here is the app ecosystem.) The "word games" may not be aimed at the "average person". They might be intended to mislead those who have a concern with what Fa