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Open Source Software and the Many Questions it Brings
From a legal standpoint, open source software creates a lot of questions. Who owns the collective work? Does a developer own his or her edits?
read moreFortnite Folly
Hyper-robust copyright protection for simple dance moves might not be ideal, but there does seem to be a cognizable harm in extracting an original dance from a community and monetizing it in the way Epic Games has with Fortnite’s emotes.
read moreLet Them Eat Privacy Policies: When do Facebook Users Give Consent?
If you want to use Facebook, you do not have much choice — you must accept their use of your data or else not use the service.
read moreBiologics and the New NAFTA
Although USMCA does not appear to radically upend trade relations between the three countries, its ratification would usher in a variety of noteworthy changes.
read moreWho You Gonna Call? The SEC, CFTC, and Regulatory Jurisdiction Over Digital Assets
The ambiguity surrounding the exact definition of ‘virtual currency’ and which particular digital assets qualify as virtual currencies (and therefore would be classified as commodities) could lead to a potential turf war between the SEC and CFTC.
read moreHuawei: 21st Century Trojan Horse or Misunderstood Technology Giant?
It is possible that American officials are correct in their assessment that America and China are locked in a technological arms race, with Huawei posing a sizeable threat to the security of NATO member-states.
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