Singularity Law

The Information Technology Law Blog and Podcast by Professor Michael Scott

Videogame Law: New Legal Specialty or Marketing Hype?

During the last week there were two articles – one on the Wall Street Journal and one in the Los Angeles Times – about law firm establishing “specialties” in videogame law — as if this was a new field.
The fact is lawyers have been “specializing” in videogame law since the 1980s. When I began working [...]

History of Computer/IT Law (1982-1993)

Third Epoch (1982-1993)
Toward the end of the 1970s, advances in semiconductor technology permitted the development of the first inexpensive, relatively small computers – ushering in the personal computer era. Most of the early companies have been long forgotten – such companies as IMSAI, Cromemco and Osborne. One company, literally started in a garage, [...]