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by mappingbabel0 4959 days ago
This is a trans-industry problem. However, with the rise of social networks and other external data holders, it's getting more pronounced than ever in technology. I wrote a large article about this issue - the new feudalism - in summer 2011. May be of relevance, specifically the bits about distributed p2p storage: http://www.zdnet.com/facebook-google-welcome-to-the-new-feud...