Key issues of information ownership
Availability
social side- society learns and evaluates the best
Property & Profitability
social side- John Locke- individuals work only if compensated
Security/Privacy/Liability/Slander
social side- protect people from falsehood
National Security
social side- protect people so they can create and live. Some information might undermine state.
Infrastructure Security
social side- can message hurt the carrier?
["that which facilitates communication and transportation without being the content of that communication"]
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