https://www.insidetechlaw.com/blog/rss/january-2022Recent blog postsen{F1AC5501-98AC-42BE-83F6-28426E604400}https://www.insidetechlaw.com/blog/2022/01/privacy-in-a-parallel-digital-universe-the-metaverseImran AhmadTiana CorovicTechnologyBlog postDataMetaverse and NFTsMetaverse insightsFeatured articlesFor many years, the immersive three-dimensional digital world has been left to the cinematic experience. However, the emergence of the metaverse presents an opportunity to translate everyday activities – working, attending a concert, travelling, shopping, socializing – into a parallel digital universe.Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:22:00 ZImran Ahmad, Tiana Corovic{B4A56CC8-5E7A-46E6-AD80-605943789BB6}https://www.insidetechlaw.com/blog/2022/01/meta-cracking-the-door-open-for-data-related-class-actionsEmilia RadleyDataTechnologyBlog postThe announcement on 14 January 2022 of a proposed competition collective action against Meta (formerly Facebook) is the latest in a number of collective actions against the tech giants, including Apple and Google, and is of particular interest owing to the subject matter – namely data collection practices. Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:17:00 ZEmilia Radley{D9868BD2-E25A-4128-B8F0-D7B9818854B2}https://www.insidetechlaw.com/blog/2022/01/open-source-software-licence-obligationsBrian ChauMaya MedeirosTechnologyBlog postIntellectual propertyOpen source software and components can provide useful building blocks to reduce development time and effort. In particular, certain open source software and components are made available for use under open source licences with “copyleft” requirements designed to enable downstream users to, among others, make changes to the software, obtain and modify source code of derivative works, and redistribute copies of the software or modified versions of the software. Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:50:19 ZBrian Chau, Maya Medeiros