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I have a horrible idea, but I'm curious; what would happen if everyone had some ownership of any data they create (such as through copyright) or perhaps data that could be linked to them in any way.

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You do have automatic copyright on things you create under the Berne convention.

But that is ownership of the intellectual property itself, not the 1s and 0s that encode it.

Derivatives fall under the same copyright (unless fair use applies). You can't copyright ideas though.

My data is me. If someone makes a buck off my data, I want my cut.

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