Digital goods ownership has been replaced by a license-and-EULA architecture

Evidence

Perzanowski and Schultz’s monograph on the disappearance of meaningful ownership in the digital economy is essential reading for understanding contemporary debates about IP and consumer rights. The book engages the EULA-and-license architecture that has displaced sale, the politics of access vs. ownership in streaming-era goods, and the broader case for restoring consumer property rights. — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 2304

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the first-sale doctrine scholarship of Reese (nearby chapter) and the broader digital-ownership debate familiar to this reader.
• SEED: Angle: the uncontracting of consumer rights — tracking how EULA architecture quietly converted purchases into revocable licenses.