Jeffrey Eisenach - Global Regulation and the Digital Economy
Should the internet be regulated? In this audio lecture, Jeffrey Eisenach presents the potential for harm caused by cyberspace while outlining the challenges faced by regulation to the digital economy....
View ArticleDeborah Rhode - Ethics in the Nonprofit Sector
Businesses are not the only organizations rocked by financial scandals. Nonprofits such as the Red Cross, United Way, and many others have been hit as well. In this Stanford Social Innovation Review...
View ArticleCarl Malamud - Public Printing
Carl Malamud discusses his campaign to be appointed as the Public Printer of the United States. As the head of the Governmnent Printing Office, he would continue the work he has done at...
View ArticleFraser Nelson - Learn to Love Lobbying
Fraser Nelson, a consultant to nonprofits, gives an entertaining lesson on the why and how of nonprofit lobbying. Most nonprofits do not lobby government for a variety of reasons, but Nelson explains...
View ArticleErin Kenneally - Online Forensics
When a crime occurs in cyberspace, how do you cordon off the scene and process the evidence? Erin Kenneally is a lawyer who helps law enforcement agencies think about forensics in a connected world. In...
View ArticleLawrence Lessig - Trust and Independence
Only 9 percent of the electorate thinks the U.S. Congress is doing a good job. Lawrence Lessig talks about the damage that arises from politicians focusing on raising funds to get themselves reelected....
View ArticleRob Reich - Tax Incentives for Philanthropy
Given current tax laws, $300 billion in charitable dollars can end up costing the U.S. Treasury $50 billion in lost income. Should taxable income exclude charitable contributions? In this audio...
View ArticleKeith Bergelt - Open Invention Network
The Open Invention Network is a collaborative enterprise formed to promote Linux, and protect the open source community from the threats of patent assertion and litigation. Keith Bergelt's job as the...
View ArticleLarry Lessig - Current Laws and the Internet
Moira speaks with Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig about trying to make our old laws work with the new technology of the Internet.
View ArticleKathy Reichs - 209 Bones
Moira interviews Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist and author of the popular Bones detective series.
View ArticleChris DiBona - Your Work in Open Source, the Numbers
Everyone knows Google crawls websites - but did you know they also crawl your source code? Google's Open Source Programs manager Chris DiBona provides a quick but insightful look into the state of open...
View ArticleRichard Whitt - Tinkering without Tampering: Wrestling with Convergence and...
What are the key pieces policy makers must understand about the intersection of technology trends and digital economics to create broadband policies that make sense? What are the best roles of...
View ArticleJim Zemlin - What's the Deal with Linux on the Desktop?
Everyone uses Linux: if they use Google, trade on-line, or use ATMs. Linux is the most ubiquitous OS in everything from cell phones to TVs, precisely because, Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation argues,...
View ArticleAndreas Constantinou - Eight Centers of Gravity: The New Rules of Mobile
How is open-source closed? Andreas Constantinou talks about the relative openness of the "eight centers of gravity" in the mobile industry, and says it's not the licensing, which concerns source...
View ArticleDan Nevrivy, Hans Sauer - The Myriad Genetics ruling
Dr. Moria Gunn sits down to discuss genetics with Dan Nevrivy from the Nevrivy Law Group and BIO's Deputy General Counsel, Hans Sauer. They dig into the Myriad Genetics ruling and analyze why some feel...
View ArticleWilliam Patry - Law Is Not a Business Solution
William Patry has been working with copyright law for 25 years and has a number of observations on this continuously evolving challenge. He says we lose respect for the legal system when we use it to...
View ArticleFuture of the Health Care Reform - Panel Discussion
Amidst much debate and acrimony, Congress has at last passed the Affordable Care Act -- the new health law. The law makes health coverage available to those denied health insurance by private insurance...
View ArticleGary Cupit - Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks
Dr. Moria Gunn chats with the CEO for Somnus Therapeutics, Gary Cupit, on a new use for an old drug which is helping the weary sleep better.
View ArticleDavid Duncan - Obama's Stem Cell Policy in the News
Dr. Moira Gunn catches up with author and columnist, David Duncan, to hear about the US Judge who has ruled against President Obama's stem cell policy.
View ArticleAriel Emanuel - Monetizing Celebrity Social Networks
Digital distribution is here to stay, and Hollywood knows it. While studios experiment with new distribution models, talent agencies are capitalizing on a new world where content is king. In this...
View ArticlePaul Trevethick, Kaliya Hamlin, Drummond Reed - Personal Data Ecosystem (PDE)
Given that amount of digital data available about people and businesses, users are discovering that they have no way to control and correct information about themselves. The Personal Data Ecosystem is...
View ArticleWhen IT Succeeds and Fail in Government - Gov 2.0
From rebuilding communities in Detroit around technological and artistic innovation to improving legal services, each of these speakers share their experiences and insights as to why groups succeed -...
View ArticleJulius Genachowski - Julius Genachowski's FCC Net Neutrality Order
John Heilemann talks with FCC chair Julius Genachowski about the FCC's policy-making positions and challenges for the 21st century; including spectrum reapportionment, net neutrality, keeping up with...
View ArticleDeborah Estrin - Telling Traces
Deborah Estrin talks about GIS tracing of individual activity, it's fascinating usefulness, and potential privacy drawbacks. She assesses how combining tools such as location trace and environmental...
View ArticleDaniel Solove - Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security
Nearly every day the news media carries stories about how much information the government compiles about the average citizen. As Daniel J. Solove writes in his new book Nothing to Hide: The False...
View ArticleKaren Sandler - Gnome 3
If you had to rely on a medical device implanted into your body to keep you alive, would you trust your life to a closed-source proprietary device manufacturer, or would you rather that it ran on...
View ArticleWendy Seltzer - Leveraging Openness
While other mobile device companies depend on a closed software development system that gives them near total control, Android uses an open source model that could lead to more innovation. Attorney and...
View ArticleCory Doctorow - The Coming War on General Computation
The issue of copyright continues to be a major problem over the life of the personal computer. Companies have consistently tried to limit the ability of users to make the most of their machines, using...
View ArticleJen Gordon - Intellectual Property & Personalized Medicine
Dr. Moira Gunn talks about how intellectual property rights in the age of personalized medicine with head of the Life Sciences Practice at Baker Botts, Jen Gordon.
View ArticleAlbert Wenger - Political and Commercial Threats and Opportunities for a...
The very standards and conditions that made the Web a permissive, open environment have come under an attack from an onslaught of legal regulations and the monopolistic aspirations of bandwidth and...
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