Topic: Legal Topics
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jeffrey Toobin about the Supreme Court Justices and how tech-savvy they are... or aren't, as the case might be.
What are the challenges to traditional copyright caused by technology? What new rules must be written to protect intellectual property rights, but not overly limit usage in an age where the computer is a copying device and the internet is a giant network of copying devices? In this episode of Future Talks, Gerd and Glen discuss how technology is leaving old rules behind They also talk about open source and how it relates to possible changes in the current copyright model. They also review how patents are subject to the same technology challenges.
Expensive technological devices can be found just about anywhere today, ranging from the business executive's office to the middle school playground. It is no surprise that gadgets have also become prime targets for thieves operating just about anywhere as well. In this talk Mark Simpkins of the Design Against Crime advisory panel raises the idea of socially responsible design in respect to preventing crime.
The American Bar Association provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. Recently, the organization re-launched the journal's website. Denise talks to Edward Adams, editor and publisher of the journal. He reviews the history of the site and how the changes will make it a more useful and timely source of legal news and information.
On June 29, 2006, FreeAdvice.com filed a lawsuit against an unknown user of their site because of rude and offensive behavior. Robert F. Knox is the lead attorney on the lawsuit and joins Denise to discuss the litigation. He reviews the background of the case, including how the individual was identified, as well as other issues. Given the explosion of online forums, the discussion is both informative and important for future similar situations.
Will social media kill intellectual property? Denise Howell speaks with Mark Sigal, CEO of vSocial, Inc., a social networking for video platform. He states that media is in a never ending evolutionary state and the ability of users to use copyrighted content. Sigal talks about vSocial's business strategy and how the company deals with problematic content as well as the nature of the law.
Virtual booty has become more important to some online game players than feeding their real bodies in the physical world. Deb Radcliff, veteran online security writer and Vice President of Publishing for The Security Consortium discusses what is happening now that criminals have started to take advantage. In addition to discussing how the ability to monetize booty began, she identifies who the criminals are and what methods they are using to accomplish their acts.
Lauren Gelman of Stanford University explain aspects of current U.S. law that protect users' location and online privacy, and areas where the law fails and technology must step in. If the builders of geospatial tools fail to embrace privacy-promoting design, the potential of next-generation web applications may never be realized. Designing an architecture that protects user privacy, will pay off in the long run as people are more willing to embrace cool new tools knowing their privacy will be protected.
On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, learn about the ten percent of goods which are being sold on today's market: counterfeit; how complex analytics software circumvents privacy laws using digital data shredders; why we only learn from failure; and how the lack of diagnostic testing of security protocols is leaving the U.S. a wide open target.
The issue of patents for software is a major controversy, particularly in the open source community. On March 19, 2007, Bruce Perens held a news conference to criticize Novell's recent agreement with Microsoft as a betrayal of the open source community. On the same day, he joined Phil and Scott to discuss his criticism. In addition, he gives a clear overview of the United States patent system as it relates to software and how he believes it is a problem to open source developers.
