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Intergalactic Property Law: A New Regime For A New Age, Alison Morris
Intergalactic Property Law: A New Regime For A New Age, Alison Morris
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
In November 2015, Congress passed the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 ("the SPACE Act'), which allows private American companies to own any resources they collect from mining in space. This, however, conflicts with current international treaties to which the United States is a party, such as the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space ("the Outer Space Treaty'), which was adopted by the United Nations in 1967. Thus, without some changes, either the SPACE Act will be rendered useless or the United States will be in direct …
Augmenting Property Law: Applying The Right To Exclude In The Augmented Reality Universe, Samuel Mallick
Augmenting Property Law: Applying The Right To Exclude In The Augmented Reality Universe, Samuel Mallick
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
This Note considers whether and to what extent the property right to exclude applies to virtual space in the augmented reality (AR) universe. It provides an overview of AR's development and uses, as well as a review of property law concerning the right to exclude. By considering the consequences of previously proposed regulatory schemes in light of four hypothetical AR applications, this Note demonstrates that these solutions do not adequately balance the societal benefit achievable through free development of AR applications with landowners' absolute rights to exclude others from their property. This Note proposes adoption of an adjusted "open-range" common …