Fashion in the Metaverse
The announcement of Facebook’s plans to rebrand to Meta and launch its metaverse has come with many questions about the use of trademarked fashion in this new virtual world. The metaverse, which can be...
Category: Internet
The Legal Boundary of Data Scraping in Light of Van Buren v. United States
The controversial HiQ v. LinkedIn, 938 F.3d 985 (9th Cir. 2019) opinion concerning data scraping was vacated and remanded this June by the Supreme Court to be reconsidered in light of the recently decided...
Collaborating with the Federal System in Protecting Against International Cybertheft
The COVID-19 pandemic exposes many frailties and problems globally, including cybersecurity and trade secret vulnerabilities. When countries conduct coronavirus research collaboratively and competitively, multiple countries continuously report hackers targeting their research institutes or pharmaceutical...
Parler and Amazon: The Battle Over Social Media Regulation
Parler, a social media platform, is the latest to file suit against Amazon Web Services (AWS) alleging violations of federal antitrust law and breach of contract. The conflict between AWS and Parler started on...
Twitch Should Wake Up and Hear the Music
Video games and gaming have steadily grown in popularity. Global gaming sales are expected to reach nearly $180 billion, making it a ridiculously lucrative industry. Esports have also come to the fore, growing as...
Can the NBA Stop the Stream?
Following a coronavirus hiatus, the NBA returned to action on July 30, 2020. In a logistical miracle, the league successfully created a “bubble” at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida...
Copyright and Online Market Regulation in the EU
Mario Cistaro is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The recent decision of the CJEU in C‑263/18 (Tom Kabinet) has further confirmed that the advent of the digital world has reshaped...
The Internet’s Wild West: Section 230 and Why Platforms Don’t Owe You Anything
Ashley Ulrich is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. For several years, pressure has been building in courts and Congress for limitations on or repeal of Section 230 of the Communications...
The EARN IT Act: Criticisms and Critiques
Caitlin Hall-Swan is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On March 5th, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley, and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation...
Facebook Wars II: Attack of the Privacy Violations
Alexander Glossman is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at the NYU School of Law. On Wednesday, January 29th, Facebook disclosed that it had settled a class-action lawsuit in Illinois for $550 million. While this disclosure...
