What does ownership mean in the digital age?

There’s a new class action lawsuit against Amazon Prime Video that’s once again elevating the question of ownership in the digital age — who actually owns a movie, a song, a video game?

Buy a physical copy, like a CD or DVD, and the answer is obvious. But buy a digital copy, and the answer gets very complicated.

Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Aaron Perzanowski, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and author of the book “The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy” to learn about the current state of digital ownership.

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Amazon Facing Lawsuit Over Prime Video Movie Purchases – from Newsweek

How the Blockchain Undermined Digital Ownership – from the University of Michigan Law School

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