Owned : property, privacy, and the new digital serfdom / Joshua A. T. Fairfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fairfield, Joshua A. T., 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers--Law and legislation--United States.

Computers.

Computers--Law and legislation.

Electronic information resources.

United States.

Right of property--United States.

Right of property.

Electronic information resources--Law and legislation--United States.

Data protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Data protection.

Data protection--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In this compelling examination of the intersection of smart technology and the law, Joshua A. T. Fairfield explains the crisis of digital ownership - how and why we no longer control our smartphones or software-enable devices, which are effectively owned by software and content companies. In two years we will not own our 'smart' televisions which will also be used by advertisers to listen in to our living rooms. In the coming decade, if we do not take back our ownership rights, the same will be said of our self-driving cars and software-enabled homes. We risk becoming digital peasants, owned by software and advertising companies, not to mention overreaching governments. Owned should be read by anyone wanting to know more about the loss of our property rights, the implications for our privacy rights and how we can regain control of both.

Contents:

Introduction

The Death of Property

Surrounded

So What?

Private Property

Property as Information

The Future of Property

Jailbreaking Ownership

Owners or Owned?

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316671467

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.