Public Knowledge, Library Groups, Others Urge FTC to Define Digital Ownership

From Public Knowledge:
Today, Public Knowledge joined 16 other public interest, consumer rights, and library groups in a letter urging Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson to protect consumers in the digital marketplace by establishing clear ground rules for digital ownership and sales of goods. The groups argue that “ownership must mean something in the digital age” and that “if a transaction does not include the essential rights of preservation, use, and tra