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Question

Personal Data Privacy.

Mar 13, 2012 9:32AM PDT

Can copyright law be used to restore some power to users of internet services on private data in any way?
Not your name etc. rather your opinions, likes and dislikes. Is that intellectual property and thus protected under copyright law?

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