@ctwardy I'll admit that when people say that I "own" my online data, I just don't know what they're talking about. Maybe that I have the right to download and keep the data on my own computer, or better yet, print them out and file them? I can do that with all kinds of online data. Do I own those? I'm told that I own my m.b data, but if the service (or the internet!) disappeared tomorrow, I'd lose all of it.
@JMaxB Don’t feel bad. If you go to law school, you’ll come out with similar questions about what it means for anyone to own anything.
@ReaderJohn @jmaxb Hm. So “like copyright” reduces it to a previously unsolved problem?
Either way, I was struck by the rental nature of online.