That s the unifying theme we all agree on tools not rules. Built into the structure of a technology is a set of biases about how it is to be used. Television need not be about selling advertisements, but television could have turned out differently. Don t underestimate the power of a technology s structure to determine how it will be used. When a government is paying, it cares about the content, but advertisers are generally indifferent to content.
Property makes sense in the context of physical goods because they re definable.
But information expresses a relationship. Its ownership makes as little sense as claiming to own friendships. Should consider who pays for connections, infrastructure. Belief of US is that property is the core of progress that, unless there s protection of privacy, we won t move forwards. But have to distinguish between real property and intellectual property.