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João Marinotti

@joaomarinotti.bsky.social
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Law Prof @iumaurerlaw.bsky.social (Bloomington). Posting about tech, property, IP, AI, & linguistics. Affiliate at @yaleisp.bsky.social. Slowly becoming *that* guy - brews kombucha, makes soymilk, grows hydroponic strawberries, & 3D prints at home 🏳️‍🌈☕

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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Influencers keep telling young people that digital assets like game items, collectibles, & tokens are good "investments." But here’s the fine print that's always left out: You don’t own these items & companies can tank their value whenever they want. I break this down on @theconversation.com
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$2B Counter-Strike 2 crash exposes a legal black hole: Your digital investments aren’t really yours
An overnight update to Counter-Strike 2 erased billions of dollars in valuable digital assets that players had accumulated. The law gives them almost no recourse.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Deadline approaching: Oct 31 for the 2026 Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology! We're looking for works-in-progress that explore the interactions between private law & tech change. Hosted by Harvard Proj. on Private Law, Yale ISP, & Yale Center for Private Law. Details: privatelawtech.org
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Register for more information about our yearly workshop series!
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Immersive tech & generative AI are reshaping how we work, connect, & govern online spaces. I had the pleasure of co-authoring a new book on the legal, economic, & privacy implications of this tech w/ Scott Shackelford, Jeffrey Prince, & Michael Mattioli, published by Oxford University Press.
The cover page to the book "The Metaverse: What Everyone Needs to Know" by Scott Shackelford, Michael Mattioli, Jeffrey Prince, and João Marinotti published by Oxford University Press
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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🧵 on an important new paper measuring memorization by LLMs.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m excited to present two related projects today at the Harvard Law School Private Law Workshop. 🔹 Defragging Ownership: How Corporations Sliced, Diced, and Sold the Bundle. Available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 🔹 Property Defaults Draft available upon request.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m excited to present two related projects today at the Harvard Law School Private Law Workshop. 🔹 Defragging Ownership: How Corporations Sliced, Diced, and Sold the Bundle. Available on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 🔹 Property Defaults Draft available upon request.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Thrilled to share the final program for the 2025 Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology! This 3-part virtual series is co-sponsored by Harvard’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law and Yale’s Information Society Project & Center for Private Law. Don’t miss this incredible lineup!
Flyer for the “Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology,” co-sponsored by Harvard Law School’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law, Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and Yale Law School’s Center for Private Law. The workshop is a virtual series held over three Fridays: April 11, 18, and 25, 2025, from 1:30–3:30 PM Eastern.

Spring 2025 Program:

Property & Ownership – April 11
• 1:30–2:30: The Death of Ownership: Sale, Use, & Control of Goods with Embedded Software in the Digital Era – Sean Thomas (U. York Law, UK); Discussant: João Marinotti (Indiana Law – Maurer)
• 2:30–3:30: Custom & Separate Ownership of Natural Resources – Joseph Schremmer (Oklahoma Law); Discussant: Monika Ehrman (SMU Law)

Torts & Corporate Liability – April 18
• 1:30–2:30: The Trustworthy Company – Bryant Walker Smith (South Carolina Law); Discussant: Cristina Tilley (Iowa Law)
• 2:30–3:30: The Tort Law We Need (Enterprise Liability) – Ben Sundholm (St. John’s Law); Discussant: Gregory Keating (USC Law)

AI & Algorithmic Harms – April 25
• 1:30–2:30: AI & Causation: A Plea for Caution – Jonathan Irwy (Wharton Accountable AI Lab); Discussant: Mark Geistfeld (NYU Law)
• 2:30–3:30: Beyond Algorithmic Disgorgement: Remedying Algorithmic Harms – Christina Lee (George Washington Law); Discussant: Caprice Roberts (Louisiana State Law)

The flyer includes logos of the co-sponsoring institutions and a cartoon robot sitting at a desk. Registration and more information are available at privatelawtech.org.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Thrilled to share the final program for the 2025 Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology! This 3-part virtual series is co-sponsored by Harvard’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law and Yale’s Information Society Project & Center for Private Law. Don’t miss this incredible lineup!
Flyer for the “Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology,” co-sponsored by Harvard Law School’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law, Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and Yale Law School’s Center for Private Law. The workshop is a virtual series held over three Fridays: April 11, 18, and 25, 2025, from 1:30–3:30 PM Eastern.

Spring 2025 Program:

Property & Ownership – April 11
• 1:30–2:30: The Death of Ownership: Sale, Use, & Control of Goods with Embedded Software in the Digital Era – Sean Thomas (U. York Law, UK); Discussant: João Marinotti (Indiana Law – Maurer)
• 2:30–3:30: Custom & Separate Ownership of Natural Resources – Joseph Schremmer (Oklahoma Law); Discussant: Monika Ehrman (SMU Law)

Torts & Corporate Liability – April 18
• 1:30–2:30: The Trustworthy Company – Bryant Walker Smith (South Carolina Law); Discussant: Cristina Tilley (Iowa Law)
• 2:30–3:30: The Tort Law We Need (Enterprise Liability) – Ben Sundholm (St. John’s Law); Discussant: Gregory Keating (USC Law)

AI & Algorithmic Harms – April 25
• 1:30–2:30: AI & Causation: A Plea for Caution – Jonathan Irwy (Wharton Accountable AI Lab); Discussant: Mark Geistfeld (NYU Law)
• 2:30–3:30: Beyond Algorithmic Disgorgement: Remedying Algorithmic Harms – Christina Lee (George Washington Law); Discussant: Caprice Roberts (Louisiana State Law)

The flyer includes logos of the co-sponsoring institutions and a cartoon robot sitting at a desk. Registration and more information are available at privatelawtech.org.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Join us tomorrow for the (virtual) Law & Tech Workshop! I'll be co-hosting this super interesting session about "Dignity and Deepfakes."
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Mark McKenna @markpmckenna.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I don’t have strong feelings about the Tik Tok ban. I do have strong feelings about the idea that Trump is just going to waive a law passed by Congress on a bipartisan basis. And that Biden was apparently going to do the same. That’s lawless.
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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 15/01/2025
On Friday 3 PM ET, the Law and Tech Workshop will be discussing Aileen Nielsen's (@hls.harvard.edu) "Legibility and Lawmaking," with Jens Frankenreiter as the discussant. To sign up for the workshop, email lawtechworkshop@gmail.com. More information at lawtechworkshop.org.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Trump will face *no consequences* for his hush-money guilty verdict on 34 felony counts. The only result is being labeled a felon in NY. Legally, this is called an "unconditional discharge" and it is no wonder that people are upset. 1/
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Asaf Lubin @asaflubin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The long wait is over. 2025 is going to be a great year. Coming soon with Oxford University Press.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A defense attorney in Florida brought VR headsets to court to use as evidence! "We put headsets on the judge, the prosecutors, and the witness and the judge was able to see from my client’s own eyes, from his own perspective"
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
The Illinois Supreme Court just issued a "Policy on Artificial Intelligence" along with a related "Judicial Reference Sheet" on Artificial Intelligence. 1/
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I have *full* internet access until the end of the month. If you need me and your request isn’t urgent, I hope you’ll be patient.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy to announce "Defragging Ownership: Corporate Control & the Decline of Personal Property" (draft version open for comments!). The paper is part of Indiana Law Journal's 2025 Symposium on Law & Technology. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Screenshot of the Paper's Abstract
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I mean… community engagement is one of the goals of municipal art isn’t it? news.sky.com/story/us-cit...
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US city tells residents to stop sticking googly eyes on its statues
The Oregon city of Bend has spent $1,500 (£1,188) on removing googly eyes from seven of the eight sculptures impacted.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
It's interesting that, for me, content moderation and censorship on generativeAI feels more restrictive than content moderation and censorship on social media platforms. Is it just me? If not, I have a few theories about why. These are mostly about feelings & gut reactions, not law. 1/6
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Non-native speakers face prejudice for the same reason we place too much trust in LLMs like ChatGPT. Linguistic ability is used as a heuristic for knowledge & skill. We trust well-written answers more than stilted ones, especially if we have no other way to distinguish them.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
There's a First Amendment case on appeal in the 6th Circuit that highlights an interesting question about the semantics & semiotics of censored vulgarities, specifically the phrase "Let's Go Brandon" (LGB), which students were prohibited from wearing to public school this year. (2024 WL 3924723). 1/
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Andrew Selbst @aselbst.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
One of the things I predictably rant about in multiple classes is how the word “expectation” has two different meanings (prediction vs demand) and how courts just blithely conflate them. I don’t have to read the ruling to know that’s what happened here.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A little late, but the final cover for my book on the metaverse is out! I had a great time writing this with Scott Shackelford, Michael Mattioli, and Jeffrey Prince for Oxford University Press. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The current state of Generative AI news. The juxtaposition is even funnier given the source newspapers, though I'm not sure what to take away from that.
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João Marinotti @joaomarinotti.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Learn more about the upcoming “Private Law & Technology Workshop,” a collaboration between the Harvard Project on Private Law, the @yaleisp.bsky.social, and the Yale Law Center for Private Law. privatelawtech.org
privatelawtech.org
Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology
Submit your Abstract by November 1, 2025!
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