Comment by @ryanfox • Hey
I see what you’re saying and I think semantics is an issue here.
You’re saying open data can be scraped and “owned” by anyone, but I would say that it’s
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- i do think that make sense since if something is not vendor locked in a db there is a sense of ownership since your acces can’t be denied
- don't know if this really fits in here. last year, Fred Wilson (I guess, most of you know him) wrote an article about this: Sign Everything (https://avc.mirror.xyz/JpTblGUpDMA7SMS6HYdoYgbQE9H_a_wYq330pit_aRU). and I think AI really let's us think about what web3 is actually about: ownership. and NFTs enable this for the most part. they provide provenance, they have a timestamp, an owner, and most importantly a cryptographic signature to prove it. we have to talk more about the crypto part of cryptocurrencies.
- I know you original post wasn't about this and I understand that it was about frontends being able to use the same social graph from one public database and I totally agree with that point. However here is my broader perspective on some of the points you mention in this comment:
There might be a semantic difference between "used" and "owned" in theory, but practically when someone scrapes data and trains AI models with it, they could use all those insights to their advantage, so it's almost like they actually own the data. They have full control and can do whatever they want with it to benefit themselves without you being involved at all. So in that case whoever owns the model, also kinda owns the data.
Also the value of Mona Lisa lies comes from its uniqueness and history not from its reproduction on merchandise and there is one important difference:
With physical artworks, the entity or individual that holds the artwork typically gets the value derived from it (through exhibiting or selling the artwork etc). Your data however may hold value, but there's no guarantee that you, as the original data owner, will directly benefit from that value. Others can even use the gained value and use it for purposes that you don't agree with as a data owner.
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