1/ Over the past 6 months, David and I have been researching several legal issues facing many DAOs (liability, taxes, contracting, etc.) that are beginning to emerge and that threaten their viability. Today, we published a potential solution.👇 a16z.com/wp-content/upl…

In his 2014 novel The Peripheral, @greatdismal plunges us into a far-future London, radically depopulated, quietly authoritarian, and under the iron thumb of "the Klept" - a fusion of the British chumocracy with post-Soviet Eurasian kleptoracy. memex.craphound.com/2014/10/28/the… 1/

Tell me a DAO didn't just spend 3 million dollars because they don't understand how copyright law works. 🤦‍♂️

Grateful for everyone who participated in our #Wyoming #DAO hackathon!! 🙏 We've put the fruits of the efforts on IPFS for others to 👀 Check it out here: gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/Qmd5GczQq…

Holy crap. This is a massive expansion of existing authorities / capabilities in Canadian law. We don’t have all the details yet, but here’s my first take: emergency law is bad law. 🧵 #FluTrucksClan

Making it impossible for people to participate in society is not a path to de-radicalization.

I tweeted briefly yesterday about property and copyright in NFTs in response to the story that Seth Green's planned White Horse Tavern show might be on hold due to the theft of the Bored Ape NFT it was based on. Today, I want to spell out the issues in a little more detail. 1/

Throw it on the Apocalypse Pile.

minecraft didn’t reject digital items you idiot they just told you that they own the items that you bought from them

Circle just frozen 75,000 USDC belonging to unsuspecting Tornado users, as well as 149 USDC donated to the project.

github accounts of people who contributed to tornado repos just got deleted

🤔 Wondering what could be a legal frame work for DAO 🤔? Come this Thursday to learn from Greg McMullen on how the law could apply to DAOs today!💡 🕖: 6pm PST, Thursday 8/11 📍: 436 West Pender Street meetup.com/ethvancouver-m…

if ok computer was recorded in 2022

The DMCA ouroboros of Bungie vs aimbots vice.com/en/article/epz…

CIPPIC IS HIRING! We’re looking for an ambitious & energetic lawyer to join our team as Staff Counsel and help us advance the public interest in law & tech! Applications are due Nov 20. More info and application instructions at the link! uottawa.njoyn.com/CL2/xweb/XWeb.…

🚨OFAC revokes TC deisgnation and re-designates with clarity on what person 'Tornado Cash' is --i.e., the unincorp association of TC founders & developers + the TC DAO ...a tacit surrender to Coin Center 's lawsuit... ...but also a more legally credible pivot...

1/9 On 1Mar23, Utah Legislature passed the DAO Amendments, which implement the proposition of the COALA Model Law on DAOs, and bestow unregistered/unwrapped DAOs treatment equivalent to that of LLCs, so long as they fulfill certain requirements. le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hb…

My piece on CSE's bulk metadata surveillance program, based on 4,000 secret documents obtained through BCCLA litigation.