[Dev] Ve - text for the Jan van Eyck catalogue

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Virtual Entity is a philosophical research starting from the assumption
that the concepts of authenticity, ownership, uniqueness and seriality
are, within the digital domain, no longer valid. In fact there is no
substantial difference between copy and original on the Web, and these two
categories are not relevant. Since any file can generate an infinite
number of entities identical to itself, there is no scarcity on the Net,
and any resource is indefinitely available. Assuming   possession is
related to the numerical proportion between resources (objects) and
potential owners (subjects), then, whereas resources are not limited, the
concept of ownership and the idea of property become superfluous.

If socialist and communist experiments in real world were limited by the
presence of state ownership, Virtual Entity is proposing the
implementation of a non-property system within the digital domain.

The practical method to achieve such result is a new radical software
being specifically developed to release, license, and catalogue digital
files. This system, transforming the traditional approach towards
metadata, is based on the idea that any file is an independent creation
living its own life and experiencing various levels of transformation and
progressive generation (of meaning, shape, and entities) in the course of
its virtual existence. This way digital resources, interpreted as cultural
units, are considered the main actors of the web.



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