People on this list might be interested in this conversation with Parminder, which was just published by ALAI:

"It’s time to talk about data politics and economic rights" at:

  https://www.alainet.org/en/articulo/205631 

Also in Spanish: "Es hora de hablar de política de datos y derechos económicos" at

 https://www.alainet.org/en/node/205632

The interview took place following the launch of the Just Net Digital Manifesto, available at:

  https://justnetcoalition.org/digital-justice-manifesto

Here are a couple of excerpts from the cited interview:

"...although there is no law on ownership of data and people don’t want to talk about it, the fact is that the large data corporations consider the data that they collect as theirs; and then guard it behind technical walls as their de facto property.... if we let this default ownership practice go on for much longer, it will become quasi law, and may even be accepted into law, because the digital relationships and structures would all be quite entrenched, and almost impossible to reverse."

Concerning the difference with intellectual property rights, that favour companies:

"...in the case of ‘ideas’, they are out there for anyone to share and copy, whereby corporations wanted law and ownership regimes to stop such free sharing. In case of data, it is already with corporations, behind its technology walls, and inaccessible to others, including those who contributed the data and to whom the data refers. Corporations do not need law in this case for exclusive appropriation. It is the data source and data subject people and communities who want a ‘data ownership’ regime to employ law to get access to their own data."

Best,
Richard


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