Iâm going to let you in on a Decoder secret: at the end of last year, I tasked our producers with finding better ways for us to cover crypto and Web 3.0 on Decoder. I donât think itâs any secret that Iâm fairly skeptical of crypto, but I want to come by that skepticism honestlyâand on the flip side, I want to make sure to see its opportunities and benefits clearly. Weâve already done episodes on Bitcoin and DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations, and weâre going to do more episodes as the year goes on.
Today Iâm talking to Tonya Evans, a law professor at Penn State Dickinson Law. She teaches IP law, copyright, and blockchain. She also hosts the Tech Intersect podcast, where she covers how law and technology intersect. She has spent a lot of time thinking about crypto assets and how they interact with the law. Tonyaâs point of view is that we shouldnât just abandon many of the legal frameworks we have todayâshe just wants them to adapt to this new internet.
Links:
The counterfeit NFT problem is only getting worse
Instagram says sites need photographersâ permission to embed posts
BlockFi settlement with the SEC
A cringe rapper slash Forbes contributor allegedly found with billions in stolen Bitcoin
Constitution DAO Decoder episode
Alfonso Ribeiro Sues Fortnite Over Use of His Signature Fresh Prince Dance, The Carlton
The âCarlton danceâ couldnât be copyrighted for a Fortnite lawsuit
Adi Robertson's reporting about Spice DAO
Tonya Evans' website, ProfTonyaEvans.com
Tonya Evans on Twitter
Transcript:
https://www.theverge.com/e/22708620
Credits:
Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Todayâs episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright.
The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.
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