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Old Regulations, New Technology

California’s Bay Area is moving towards a new means of transportation, but not if the state government can have its way. SideCar is a San Francisco-based startup that offers real-time ridesharing to a community of smartphone users who need transportation throughout...

Equity-based Crowd-funding

While the internet may have developed uses beyond its singular purpose described in Avenue Q, using it to fund new ideas and start-up companies remains a difficult process. With the recent passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act in April, obtaining...

Gaming Mods and Copyright

As computer and video gaming has grown from a niche market into a multi-billion dollar industry, gaming modifications, or “mods,” have grown in scope and use as well. Mods have become as communal and omnipresent as the increasingly networked and social...