Singularity Law

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The Singularity Law Podcast Episode 4: The Elephant in the Room

Will DRM be the final nail in the coffin of PC gaming? How anonymous can the Internet be? Why won’t YouTube grant a full legal review of all DMCA takedown requests on election campaign videos? Will trademark owners be forced to monitor domain name registrations? Can libraries go digital? Can a record label infringe its [...]

 
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The Singularity Law Podcast Episode 3: Virtual Law

In this episode Michael and Josh team up with Tigran Palyan, a 3L at Southwestern Law School here in Los Angeles, who tells us about his research into the cutting-edge subject of Privacy in Virtual Worlds.
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Consistency Needed

Ralph Waldo Emerson is quoted as saying: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self Reliance,” reprinted in Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Eds. 1993). Consistency, whether foolish or not, is something that business people rely upon in making long-term decisions. Unfortunately, consistency has not been the order [...]