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A Deep Dive into Private Governance of Deep-Sea Mining
Jul. 2, 2022—Andrew Johnson | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 595 (2022) Modern, information-driven economies need rare-earth metals for everything from laptop computers to cellular phones. Society will require more of these metals for the solar panels, wind turbines, and storage batteries necessary to convert electricity systems to renewable energy. The deep sea contains large...
Basketball On Strike: The All-Stars of the Fight for Racial Equality
Jul. 2, 2022—Sherif Robert Hesni Jr. | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 561 (2022) National Basketball Association players have a long history of fighting against racial injustice. In August 2020, players participated in the most attention-grabbing endeavor to date: a league-wide strike against racial discrimination in the United States. Refusing to play games entails financial...
Gambling on the Blockchain: How the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Has Opened the Door for Offshore Crypto Casinos
Jul. 2, 2022—Sam Hoy Brown VII | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 535 (2022) Online cryptocurrency casinos have seen a dramatic rise in popularity over the past thirty years as the rate of ownership of cryptocurrencies has risen almost as quickly as the US monetary value of a single Bitcoin. Current US laws and regulations...
Grey State, Blue City: Defending Local Control Against Confederate “Historical Preservation”
Jun. 25, 2022—Sage Snider | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 851 (2022) Confederate monuments have become lightning rods across the American landscape. While these ubiquitous symbols have spread Lost Cause propaganda for over one hundred years, they have also instigated unprecedented protest and violence since the 2015 Charleston massacre, 2017 Charlottesville rally, and 2020 George...
Putting Cano on ICE – A Path Forward for Border Searches of Electronic Devices
Jun. 25, 2022—Davis Price Shugrue | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 819 (2022) Across the country, circuit courts disagree over what level of suspicion, if any, is required for border officials to search electronic devices. This leaves law enforcement agencies in the lurch because they must craft nationwide policies that cover jurisdictions with differing rules....
The Path to Employee Status for College Athletes Post-Alston
Jun. 25, 2022—Tyler J. Murry | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 787 (2022) College athletics are in a state of flux following the Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston. While student athletes can now earn money from their name image and likeness (NIL) through endorsement deals, the NCAA and its member schools can still...
Big Brother is Scanning: The Widespread Implementation of ALPR Technology in America’s Police Forces
Jun. 25, 2022—Yash Dattani | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 749 (2022) Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are an increasingly popular tool in police departments across the United States. At its core, ALPR technology functions in a relatively simple manner. The technology has two major components: the actual scanners, which record license plates, and the...
The Perfect Match: Solving the Due Process Problem of Signature Matching with Federal Agency Regulation
Apr. 13, 2022—Rachel Blumenstein | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 121 (2021) Local election commissions in the United States disenfranchise Americans when they erroneously reject voters’ mail-in ballots for failed signature matches. Disenfranchisement is not only problematic because it is dangerous to the health of American democracy, but also because signature matching violates the procedural...
Let Me Get My Glasses, I Can’t Hear You: Sheet Music, Copyright, and Led Zeppelin
Apr. 13, 2022—Brandon P. Evans | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 157 (2021) Musical copyright infringement cases are experiencing an identity crisis. The crisis is that courts are beginning their analyses of the similarities between compositions by examining visual, rather than aural, evidence. Prior to the 1976 Copyright Act, copyright protection extended only to musical...
Pausing the Game: Esports Developers’ Copyright Claims to Prevent or Restrict Tournament Play
Apr. 13, 2022—Alexander Tu | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 191 (2021) Unlike traditional sports, esports are-—at their core—-video games, which must be designed and programmed by a game company. These video game developers are the copyright owners of the esports titles they create, which, in turn, results in continued developer control even after a...