Mahela Liyanage: Recent Episodes
Mahela Liyanage
While Directors Duties vary from country to country, all the Duties of a director of a Company generally follow the same blueprint. This is an introduction to the general duties expected of a Director.
With the conversation on data privacy and data protection becoming more vocal, its important for us to understand what the Data Protection Laws try to achieve. In this Episode I discuss 5 important features of Data Protection Laws. #dataprotectionlaws #dataprivacy #data
Continuing the Series on the basics of Jurisprudence. In this episode we consider the Positivist school as discussed by John Austin, who argues that we primarily follow the Law because we are afraid of the Punishments attached to it. In this episode we consider the pros and cons of such thinking. The Opposing view to this is the Natural Law school of thought.
Check out my break down of Natural Law - (Third Episode in the series)
In this episode I have a conversation with an expert in Data Protection laws to understand what #data is? to understand how data is gathered? and to understand why #dataprotectionlaws are important?
A simple explainer about five of the most important Intellectual Property Rights (#IP) that exist. These are #Copyrights, #Trademarks, #Patents, #IndustrialDesigns and #TradeSecrets (Confidential Information).
A simple breakdown of 9 requirements you need to consider when entering into any contract. Regardless of how simple or complex the Contract, it is important to make sure that these 9 requirements are considered when entering into the contract.
Trying to simplify the question of whether Arbitration is better than Courts? a quick discussion on some of the advantages and disadvantages of Arbitration.
New York Convention contacting countries - https://www.newyorkconvention.org/countries
A summary of the attempts being made by the Law to Regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the principles on which such Regulations must be based.
EC AI Act - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A52021PC0206
Elon Musk Statement - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/17/elon-musk-regulation-ai-combat-existential-threat-tesla-spacex-ceo#:~:text=Speaking%20at%20the%20US%20National,%E2%80%9CIt%20takes%20forever.
Berkman Klein Center Article - https://cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2020/principled-ai#:~:text=This%20effort%20uncovered%20a%20growing,and%20promotion%20of%20human%20values.
Whitehouse OSTP - https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
GPAI - https://gpai.ai/
With the advance of AI, it's important for us to consider the questions of liability. Although the law is still developing, this is a quick break down of the current thinking on how liability should be attributed for acts committed by AI.
Coldfusion video on What is AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWmX3pd1f10&t=28s
MKBHD video on the current developments of AI and AI becoming more creative - https://youtu.be/0gNauGdOkro
Article on Copyright and AI published by WIPO - https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2017/05/article_0003.html
European Commission Report on AI and Liability - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0064
A basic introduction into what the different Branches of a State are, what is Separation of Powers is and Why it is Important?
What should the law makers give more attention to when passing laws? Should they give effect to the “common morality” (common consciousness) of society, or should they respect the individual freedoms of the people more and resist passing laws which encroach on their private lives?Let's Discuss!
One of the oldest questions which has been asked about the Law, is whether the Law needs to satisfy any moral criteria for it to be valid. In this episode I try to explain some of the most popular justifications which believe that the Law does need to be moral for it to be valid.
A Quick look at some of the ways people have attempted to answer the question "What is Law?". This is an introduction to a series of episodes I hope to do one Jurisprudence.