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Pokémon Go Away: Augmented Reality Games Pose Issues With Trespass And Nuisance, Kate Motsinger Aug 2017

Pokémon Go Away: Augmented Reality Games Pose Issues With Trespass And Nuisance, Kate Motsinger

San Diego Law Review

To illustrate the necessity of a permanent remedy—a virtual prescriptive easement—this Comment begins by exploring the origins of AR games in Part II and providing an overview of the mechanics of the most popular AR mobile game, Pokémon Go, as well as the types of AR games and technology currently in development. Part III then considers different causes of action that individuals might bring against creators of AR mobile games under the doctrines of trespass and nuisance, respectively. After weighing the merits and pitfalls of each claim in Part III, this Comment submits that a virtual prescriptive easement is the …


Civilizing Pornography: The Case For An Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute, Doug Rendleman Mar 2014

Civilizing Pornography: The Case For An Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute, Doug Rendleman

Doug Rendleman

Criminal penalties are increasingly perceived to be too severe for regulating obscenity. Professor Rendleman shares this perception and suggests that we replace criminal obscenity laws with an exclusive civil sanction utilizing injunctions. He proposes a comprehensive nuisance statute and discusses the various issues that arise in the equitable regulation of pornography.


Civilizing Pornography: The Case For An Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute, Doug Rendleman Apr 1977

Civilizing Pornography: The Case For An Exclusive Obscenity Nuisance Statute, Doug Rendleman

Scholarly Articles

Criminal penalties are increasingly perceived to be too severe for regulating obscenity. Professor Rendleman shares this perception and suggests that we replace criminal obscenity laws with an exclusive civil sanction utilizing injunctions. He proposes a comprehensive nuisance statute and discusses the various issues that arise in the equitable regulation of pornography.