Government & Organizations

This Week in Law (MP3)

Leo Laporte

Join legal blogger (and trained attorney) Denise Howell along with J. Michael Keyes, Matt Curtis, and Emory Roane as they discuss breaking issues in technology law, including patents, copyri...

Episodes

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TWiL 448: Odious Buffooons - Remix culture copyright, location data up for sale to bounty hunters, social media rules for politicians

Remix culture copyright, strangers may be watching your Ring video, location data up for sale to bounty hunters, social media rules for poli...

2:43:49Jan 12, 2019

TWiL 447: The Best of 2018 - A look back on the best discussions from This Week in Law for 2018.

Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, Stefan Szpajda, J. Michael Keyes look back on the best of This Week in Law from 2018! Hosts: Denise Howell , Ste...

1:52:09Dec 28, 2018

TWiL 446: The Neuroscience of Cheetos - Mark Bartholomew, author of ADcreep: The Case Against Modern Marketing

Professor Mark Bartholomew, author of ADcreep: The Case Against Modern Marketing joins Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda to talk about the ad...

1:26:11Dec 14, 2018

TWiL 445: We Only Take Stamps - Mastercard and Microsoft team up to create a "digital identity" system.

Mastercard and Microsoft team up to create a "digital identity" system, is group chat the future of social media? Brokering Bitcoin, smart c...

2:00:50Dec 8, 2018

TWiL 444: Make It 'Til You Fake It - The first GDPR fine, data privacy in the insurance industry, reverse counterfeiting.

Taylor Swift's record deal may affect the music industry, Bobby Brown sues over the Whitney Houston documentary, website blocking, data priv...

1:54:55Dec 1, 2018

TWiL 443: Popularity Ponzi Schemes - Can you copyright the taste of cheese?

In this episode, Denise and Stefan discuss how the EU's highest court had to wake up and taste the cheese to decide whether taste is copyrig...

1:53:48Nov 16, 2018

TWiL 442: Are You Feelin' Lucky, Punk? - Is defamation law ready for retweets?

AT&T to crack down on piracy by cutting off service, 'Piracy Protection' insurance, Satanic Temple sues a Netflix TV show for copyright on a...

1:41:20Nov 9, 2018

TWiL 441: Laws of Premium Vodka and The Horse - Islands, bobbleheads and regulations on the blockchain.

Blockchain experts Joshua Ashley Klayman and Ethan M. Seery join Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda to talk about Bitcoin's 10th birthday, how...

1:50:08Nov 2, 2018

TWiL 440: Twelve Angry Zombies - 20 years of the DMCA!

In this Halloween themed TWiL: AI-Art sells for $432,500, will there be a ban on killer robots? An Alexa powered drone for your house, Jet L...

1:53:45Oct 26, 2018

TWiL 439: Replete With Decomposing Gastropods - You could be breaking the law if you Tweeted Kanye West's iPhone password.

Mocking Kanye for showing his password on camera, Feds forcing people to unlock their phones with FaceID, the CFAA and the First Amendment,...

2:11:05Oct 19, 2018

TWiL 438: Answering Is A Sign Of Weakness - Nintendo Sues Real-Life Mario Kart.

Fitbit data helps solve a murder case, Fyre Festival organizer sentenced to 6 years in prison, Nintendo vs. real life Mario Karting, a copyr...

2:00:54Oct 12, 2018

TWiL 437: FRANDS With Benefits - Improving the patent process with patent lawyer Joshua Landau.

How non-practicing entities are bad for innovation, incentivizing examiners to improve patent quality, Qualcomm vs. Apple round 1, China cla...

2:02:58Oct 5, 2018

TWiL 436: Cow Pie Wi-Fi - Don't take home your work if you work for the NSA.

Senate hearing for Privacy Laws, could the Apple Watch's ability to auto-call 911 get Apple in trouble? Facial recognition in retail spaces,...

2:07:28Sep 28, 2018

TWiL 435: Goliath vs. Ant-Man - Defeating DRM, the new Music Modernization Act, Congress' Consumer Privacy Hearings.

Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda and Matt Curtis talk with Nate Cardozo of the EFF about getting rid of DRM, the new Music Modernization Act, i...

2:00:18Sep 21, 2018

TWiL 434: Han Solo Hacks Back - Stewart Baker, host of The Cyberlaw Podcast.

Members of Congress want to know the potential impact of deepfakes, India's Aadhaar ID database is hacked, EU could fine companies for not r...

2:01:04Sep 14, 2018

TWiL 433: Too Bad For Bing - US appeals court rules that Archive.org's Wayback Machine is legal evidence.

Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh on the fourth amendment and technological developments, Kavanaugh's views on Net Neutrality, Ajit Pai pushes...

1:45:50Sep 7, 2018

TWiL 432: Freeing Frigid Farrah - Should abuse against robots be criminalized?

Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda talk to John Danaher about social and ethical issues around sex robots, such as becoming the Uber of the se...

2:02:14Aug 31, 2018

TWiL 431: Turning Assets into Email - Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Satoshi's Place, Augur, OpenLaw

Aaron Wright joins Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda to talk all about Blockchain, ICOs, SAFT, Bill Hinman's June speech, smart contracts, Op...

1:58:24Aug 24, 2018

TWiL 430: Samsung's Lonely Ice Rink - Patent law with Saurabh Vishnubhakat.

All about the patent process with Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Amazon patents warehouse blimps, the Inventor Protection Act and U.S. innovation, Tw...

1:52:53Aug 17, 2018

TWiL 429: One Mile Of Harm - VidAngel vs. movie studios, stream ripping sites, Fox News vs. TVEyes.

The state of VidAngel vs. movie studios, Danish court says stream-ripping sites are illegal, are free stock photos free? Fox News vs. TVEyes...

1:37:39Aug 10, 2018