BC Law Library Archive
BC Law Library Archive

Month: March 2025

2025Blog Post

BLOG POST: Generative AI – The Future of Efficient Police Reporting?*

*This writing is a blog post. It is not a published IPTF Journal article. Maeve Silk Axon Draft One is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates police reports using recorded audio from body cameras.[1] Police departments across the United States use such tools to increase efficiency.[2] Officers spending less time writing reports are free to spend more time directly interacting with, and protecting, members of their community.[3] If officers no longer draft police reports independently, their reduced direct involvement in the process—which reinforces accountability—could affect their policing methods.[4] Many fear that the use of AI to generate police reports...
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BLOG POST: Copyright Royalty Distribution Law Violations in the Streaming Era – A Solution to the Problem*

*This writing is a blog post. It is not a published IPTF Journal article. Melina Iavarone Music has never been more accessible.[1] Digital service providers (DSPs) like Spotify and Pandora allow consumers to stream songs digitally.[2] The shift to streaming has also transformed how artists get paid.[3] Despite massively lucrative streaming careers, major names like Taylor Swift have taken issue with how mechanical copyright royalties are distributed.[4] In 2014, Swift temporarily removed her discography from Spotify, believing that the streaming service should not undercut her profits by allowing users to access her music for free.[5] Specifically, she objected to Spotify’s...
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BLOG POST: Chain Reactions – Decentralized Web3 Markets and the Jurisdictional Challenge*

*This writing is a blog post. It is not a published IPTF Journal article. Mira Ward Augmented reality, virtual reality, and decentralized finance are the essential building blocks of Web3, the third generation of the internet.[1] Intuitively, Web3 is the successor of Web1 and Web2.[2] Web1 refers to the earliest phase of the internet, a set of non-interactive sites aimed at content consumption rather than creation.[3] Web2 allowed for content creation and user interaction.[4] Web3 offers a decentralized, borderless online economy where users can own and trade assets.[5] The decentralized nature of Web3, the Metaverse, and encrypted transactions raises numerous...
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