by Sarah Reiger | Oct 29, 2015 | Commentary |
Over the past two decades, machinima, the use of real-time computer graphics engines (usually video games) to generate cinematic works, has seen rapid growth. Companies such as Rooster Teeth, which produces series like Red vs. Blue using Microsoft’s Halo series and...
by Eliza Wilton | Oct 26, 2015 | Commentary |
Most have heard of the technology giant Apple, but until a federal jury awarded Smartflash LLC almost $533 million, few had heard of them. Smartflash is a Texas company whose only operations are licensing seven patents. Smartflash alleged that Apple had violated its...
by Cory Smith | Oct 22, 2015 | Commentary |
For decades, innovators and science fiction enthusiasts have predicted the advent of a flying car, but until recently, that vision has remained just that, a vision. Flying cars, however, may not be as far away as once thought. At least two companies, AeroMobile and...
by Hilary Soloff | Oct 19, 2015 | Commentary |
While the United States’ developing conception of privacy and ownership of personal data centers around the notion of free markets and consumer protection, the European Union has long established a stringent conception of data privacy both as a human right and...
by Samuel Jacobs | Oct 15, 2015 | Commentary |
Last month, the Ninth Circuit delivered its long awaited opinion in Lenz v. Universal Music, which determined whether a copyright owner must consider fair use before sending a takedown notice to a service provider, such a YouTube, pursuant to the Digital Millennium...
by Stephen Handlon | Oct 12, 2015 | Commentary |
This past spring, Italian fashion designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce (think Dolce & Gabbana) took heat for comments they made about IVF, triggering a backlash from Elton John, celebrities, and indignant social media users. Dolce was quoted in a magazine...
