What if I told you that a digital portrait of an animated ape is claimed to be worth millions of dollars? Now, what if I told you that this digital portrait was stolen and then resold at a fraction of…
A patent application filed by Facebook, now Meta, almost two years ago has become public this year. Titled “3D Conversations in an Artificial Reality Environment,” it attempts to patent “[a] 3D conversation system [that] can facilitate 3D conversations in an…
Imagine yourself playing Grand Theft Auto. In the spirit of the game, you go rampaging through the city only to find you’ve ran over a pedestrian that looks exactly like you. Would you feel shocked? Angered? Bemused? The chance of…
There has been debate among legal scholars as to whether loot boxes can be considered a form of gambling and whether they should or how they should be regulated. Loot boxes are virtual items users can purchase within video games…
The online world can be divided into two categories: what is real and what is fake. Be it the news, a dating profile, or a second-hand Rolex, digital consumers are constantly assessing authenticity. In a media-obsessed climate where everything is…
Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act (“CDA”) grants sweeping immunity to interactive computer service providers (“ISP”) against claims arising from content posted on their sites by third parties. Significantly, this protects websites from tort liability arising from content their…
On March 11, 2021, a 443-megabyte JPEG image sold for a record-breaking $69.3 million. This sum was not only the highest price paid for a piece of digital artwork ever, but was also the third-highest auction price achieved by any…
