From Atoms to Bits

This podcast, titled "From Atoms to Bits", examines the evolution of law and its relationship with technology in the digital age. It starts by contrasting the traditional "law of things", which governs physical objects, to the challenges posed by intangible digital information, specifically the concepts of uniqueness and rivalrousness. The podcast then explores how digitisation has transformed the value of information and how law must adapt to a world where information is valuable but scalable, non-rivalrous, and intangible. The podcast concludes with a discussion of the "cyberlibertarian" theory, which argues for a separate legal framework for cyberspace and its challenges from perspectives like cyber paternalism and network communitarianism.