This article explores three new concepts in property law. First, the article defines an emerging property form-virtual property-that is not intellectual property, but that more …
The appropriate role of place-and space-based metaphors for the Internet and its constituent nodes and networks is hotly contested. This Essay seeks to provoke critical reflection on the …
JAT Fairfield - S. Cal. L. Rev., 2014 - HeinOnline
Property is the law of lists and ledgers. County land records, stock certificate entries, mortgage registries, Uniform Commercial Code filings on personal property, copyright and …
For cyberlibertarians, the other shoe is rapidly dropping. In a curious inversion, those who argued less than a decade ago that cyberspace was a place all its own—and therefore …
JH Reichman, PF Uhlir - Law and Contemporary problems, 2003 - JSTOR
The authors gratefully acknowledge partial support for their work on this article from the Center for the Public Domain, under Grant No. OPVT-4676, and the John D. and Catherine …
The lawyer's quintessential task is to apply legal rules to facts.'When we apply law to the Internet, however, a difficult question arises: What are the" facts" of the Internet? The …
Property rights and contract law are two of our most basic legal categories. Many legal scholars describe what makes them different; this Article describes how they work together …
I. INTRODUCTION At the start of 2017, scientists worried that the incoming presidential administration would remove politically inconvenient environmental information from …
In this compelling examination of the intersection of smart technology and the law, Joshua AT Fairfield explains the crisis of digital ownership-how and why we no longer control our …