Traditionally, the entrepreneur’s identity was expressed through the firm name and other distinctive signs; today, also through domain names, nicknames, aliases and other “technical means” able to draw its digital identity even if referable more to the business organisation than to its owner. This weakens connections between the latter and its creator. The essay investigates, firstly, whether the rise of an objective and quantifiable value, subsumed in the identity of firms, allows for its transferability to third parties. The second part of the paper, paying specific attention to the web, addresses some questions about the role of digital identity with respect to the activities of several new economic actors, such as influencers, marketplaces and users of artificial intelligence tools.
L’identità dell’imprenditore si esprimeva tradizionalmente attraverso la ditta e altri segni distintivi; oggi, anche attraverso domain names, nicknames, alias ed altri “mezzi tecnici” atti a delineare un’identità digitale più riferibile all’organizzazione d’impresa che al suo titolare. Ciò tende a far distaccare idealmente l’organizzazione dal suo creatore. Nel saggio si indaga, in primis, se l’emergere di un valore oggettivo e quantificabile, sussumibile nell’identità dell’impresa, consenta di ammetterne la trasferibilità a terzi. Nella seconda parte del lavoro, ponendo specifica attenzione al web, si affrontano alcuni interrogativi sul ruolo dell’identità digitale rispetto all’attività di nuovi attori economici, quali influencers, marketplaces e utilizzatori d’intelligenza artificiale.
Identità digitale dell’impresa: ricostruzione concettuale, forme e tecniche di protezione
L. Boggio
2024-01-01
Abstract
Traditionally, the entrepreneur’s identity was expressed through the firm name and other distinctive signs; today, also through domain names, nicknames, aliases and other “technical means” able to draw its digital identity even if referable more to the business organisation than to its owner. This weakens connections between the latter and its creator. The essay investigates, firstly, whether the rise of an objective and quantifiable value, subsumed in the identity of firms, allows for its transferability to third parties. The second part of the paper, paying specific attention to the web, addresses some questions about the role of digital identity with respect to the activities of several new economic actors, such as influencers, marketplaces and users of artificial intelligence tools.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.