Volume 26, Issue 1
Navigating the Tension Between Preservation and Development Pressure: Cities’ Imperative to Save Independent Music Landmarks While Simultaneously Providing for Growth
Nov. 28, 2023—Mary-Michael Robertson | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 211 (2023) While cities can use their power to enact zoning ordinances and create historic preservation districts, these preservation ordinances vary widely across the United States, from allowing almost any type of development to strictly limiting any new development that does not match existing height,...
The End of an Era: The Uncertain Future of Section 230 Immunity for Social Media Platforms
Nov. 28, 2023—Lillian H. Rucker | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 241 (2023) Major social media platforms (SMPs), such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, have become the primary means of communication for billions of people worldwide. They are the largest modern news distributors and the primary curators of online public discourse. However, the expanding influence...
Regulation Priorities for Artificial Intelligence Foundation Models
Nov. 28, 2023—Matthew R. Gaske | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1 (2023) This Article responds to the call in technology law literature for high-level frameworks to guide regulation of the development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. Accordingly, it adapts a generalized form of the fintech Innovation Trilemma framework to argue that a...
©ancelling Dr. Seuss
Nov. 28, 2023—Cathay Y. N. Smith | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 73 (2023) Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced in March 2021 that it would no longer license or publish six of its children’s books because those books portrayed people in racist or culturally stereotypical ways. Since then, the public has learned through news reports and...
Breaking the Fourth’s Wall: The Implications of Remote Education for Students’ Fourth Amendment Rights
Nov. 27, 2023—Sallie Hatfield | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 179 (2023) As the COVID-19 pandemic forced both public K-12 and higher education institutions to transition to exclusively provide remote education, students’ homes and personal lives were exposed to the government like never before. Zoom classes and remote proctoring were suddenly the norm. Students and...
Copyright’s Lost Art of Substantial Similarity
Nov. 27, 2023—Sandra M. Aistars | 26 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 109 (2023) Three copyright doctrines focus more than any others on the contributions of authors to visual artworks: originality, substantial similarity, and fair use. Questions regarding the aesthetics of works of authorship filter into judicial determinations under each of these doctrines. This Article comments...