technology

Under United States export control law (15 CFR), a "deemed export" refers to technology or related computer language (source code) that is exported.  While an export is usually something that leaves the country, if regulated information or technology is released to a foreign national  living in the United States, it is deemed to be “exported” to the home country or countries of the foreign national.  Intangible knowledge or data is

• export control

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a federal statute addressing copyright issues arising from digital technology and the internet.

A digital signature is an electronic equivalent of a person’s physical signature. It is like an electronic fingerprint that is unique to each signer. As explained by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, a digital signature is an advanced mathematical technique routinely used to validate the authenticity and integrity of a message (e.g., an email, a credit card transaction, or a digital document). It prevents the copying and tampering of digital communications.

A directed acyclic graph (DAG) is a chainless model of distributed ledger technology (DLT), that exists in parallel to a chain-based model, such as blockchain. Yet, directed acyclic graphs are not as widely used as blockchains in the cryptocurrency industry.

• CRYPTOCURRENCY

The definition of distributed ledger technology (DLT) appears in federal legislation, such as 42 U.S.C. § 19222, in state legislation, such as in Arkansas and Tennessee, as well as in reports published by the U.S.

• CRYPTOCURRENCY

A domain name is a unique address that internet users enter into a web browser to access a website. It corresponds to a numerical identifier called an Internet Protocol (IP) address but is easier to type, read, and remember.

Under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (ESIGN) Act, specifically 15 U.S.C.

Electronic surveillance is the use of electronic, mechanical, or other devices to collect the contents of wire or electronic communications in situations where at least one party has a reasonable expectation of privacy

• Fourth Amendment
• constitutional law
• SURVEILLANCE
• search and seizure
• PRIVACY

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent executive agency tasked with regulating the telecommunications sector, including radio, television, wire communications, satellite, cable, and the internet. The power of the FCC is laid out in Title 47 of the United States Code. 

“Fixed in a tangible medium of expression” is one of the requirements for receiving copyright protection for a work under the Copyright Act in 17 U.S.C. § 102(a). In order to apply for copyright protection, a work must fulfill all the requirements of being fixed in a tangible medium of expression which has different elements that may be confusing for different types of works. 

• copyright law
• intellectual property