OUT-LAW Radio: Episodes

20/11/08: We find out where all that cardboard from your online Christmas shopping goes, and whether it stops some recipients even getting their gifts
06/11/08: We navigate the confusing ruling from the ECJ on whether or not all companies have to put their phone number on their website
30/10/08: We talk to the lawyer who wants ad and search giant Google to pay out one thousand dollars a time for typosquatting sites that display its ads
23/10/08: We look at some of the technologies companies can use to avoid becoming one of the shocking 92 per cent of British firms which do not encrypt their precious data
16/10/08: We talk to the Danish lawyer who won a key ruling against the music industry from a court which said record companies have to prove that Wi-Fi users shared files
02/10/08: We hear from a US law professor who thinks that ISPs are in a position of unprecedented privilege and yet are preparing to invade our privacy for profit
25/09/08: We talk to an anti-piracy pro who says that content producers should stop trying to stifle piracy and concentrate on competing with it better
18/09/08: We investigate the legality of a rash of new competitions in which 25 quid tickets buy the chance to win a house. Are the competitions or illegal lotteries in disguise?
04/09/08: An expert in the byzantine field of database law explains why the protections given by Brussels to databases have been counter-productive
28/08/08: We hear from an academic who believes that intellectual property law could smother the very innovation it is designed to protect, leaving the economy in gridlock
21/08/08: We talk to the major players in the emerging moderation industry whose workers keep forum comments clean from bases in locations from Kiev to Senegal
14/08/08: We look at how two sites allowing customers to review doctors and lawyers plan on keeping themselves out of the courts
31/07/08: We talk to the woman who fought and lost a battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name, which she said was bought for her son
24/07/08: We look at the esoteric world of software escrow to find out if it can give your company the edge in negotiating with suppliers
17/07/08: While privacy activists protest at Google and others' keeping of data about our searches, we talk to the man behind a Dutch search engine that almost instantly deletes users' data
10/07/08: We talk to the team behind an entertaining new fantasy news service about the legal hurdles they have had to leap to promote their business in the US
03/07/08: We look at the disastrous impact on big brands of ICANN's decision to allow any internet domain to be registered, and we explain why the EU wants more returns on university research
19/06/08: We investigate a new database of dishonest workers, and the pitfalls that could lie in wait for participating employers
15/05/08: Live web TV operator Zattoo.com defends its approach to simulcasting UK broadcasters' content without their permission
8/05/08: As ITV faces a STG5.7m fine, we ask an industry rep why nobody noticed the abuses while they happened
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