Is trade mark law censorship?
After a woman reported that plastic surgery left her ears in the wrong place, we look at whether trade mark laws are being used to censor customer review websites
Mar 06, 2008•11 sec
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Episodes
Second hand software
We see how one company is dealing with Microsoft's apparent clampdown on second hand software sales. Plus we ask: is it worth suing spammers?
Feb 28, 2008•12 sec
Are software licences fair?
We investigate complaints that user licences for software are unfair and draconian. Plus: we look at a conflict between UK authorities on what exactly counts as personal data
Feb 21, 2008•12 sec
World of phishing exposed
We investigate the shifting of the main front in the music industry's battle against piracy: they now want ISPs to police networks for them, and look to have government backing.
Feb 14, 2008•12 sec
Copyright battle and ISPs
We investigate the shifting of the main front in the music industry's battle against piracy: they now want ISPs to police networks for them, and look to have government backing.
Feb 07, 2008•12 sec
IP addresses and privacy
Can your internet address be protected under privacy law? We talk to the leader of the EU's privacy watchdogs about the controversial question. Plus we hear how social networking sites are failing disabled users.
Jan 31, 2008•11 sec
Human rights challenge to RIPA
We investigate whether or not a new law compelling UK citizens to hand over encryption keys on pain of being jailed might strip them of their right to a fair trial.
Jan 24, 2008•11 sec
Commission: solid legal ground?
We look at whether the court case underpinning the European Commission's anti-Microsoft case is really as solid as was thought, and we look at how front-running landed Network Solutions in hot water.
Jan 17, 2008•11 sec
Microsoft dominance challenged
We talk to the small European browser maker which is taking an ambitious case against Microsoft, and we look at the future of mobile phone tracking.
Jan 10, 2008•11 sec
Battle for content control
We look at a new technology to help content producers control their material and ask: will search companies allow it to flourish? And we talk to the man charged with potentially re-writing data protection laws.
Dec 14, 2007•12 sec
Are libel laws wrong?
We look at claims that free speech on the web is silenced too easily by threatening a host without ever having to prove defamation.
Dec 06, 2007•11 sec
Is drinking a disability?
Employment experts tell us how alcoholism is getting disability discrimination protection through the back door, and talk to a Dutch man who is spying on his whole town.
Nov 15, 2007•12 sec
Privacy battle rages
The privacy chiefs of Europe and Google battle over privacy rights and whether technology or the law should protect us.
Nov 09, 2007•12 sec
FOI for private sector?
We talk to the Scottish Information Commissioner about plans north and south of the border to extend freedom of information laws to private companies.
Nov 01, 2007•12 sec
Amateur vs Amazon
We talk to the amateur patent sleuth who felled Amazon's one-click patent, and find out how emails in court cases can cost companies millions.
Oct 25, 2007•12 sec
Secrecy law gutted
We investigate how a recent ruling could undermine Freedom of Information laws, and look into how BT is finally making Wi-Fi sharing safe.
Oct 11, 2007•11 sec
The long wait for WCAG 2.0
We hear that new web accessibility guidelines are on the way. But is it too late for them?
Oct 05, 2007•11 sec
CCTV in the dock
We hear how the cameras that try to catch us misbehaving are mostly themselves operating illegally.
Sep 27, 2007•11 sec
A patent revolution
We go behind the scenes at a pioneering project which hopes to use internet collaboration to save an ailing US patent system.
Sep 20, 2007•11 sec
A music revolution and tank hacking
We talk to the founder of the music world's anti-label, which allows you to choose how much to pay for music, and find out how to stop a tank being hacked.
Sep 13, 2007•12 sec
Rate-a-lawyer site under attack
We talk to both sides in a battle over a web-based system which gives US lawyers a score out of 10 and we ask: can a number be libellous?
Sep 06, 2007•11 sec
The Facebook conundrum
We ask why half of employees are now blocked from Facebook, how the site can cause companies trouble and why users are making friends with a frog.
Aug 30, 2007•11 sec
The best of OUT-LAW Radio
We present the highlights of the first year of OUT-LAW Radio, from wireless security in a paint can to the plight of Gary McKinnon to protests from Billy Bragg.
Aug 23, 2007•11 sec
The inside story of selling security secrets
We talk to the man behind a new market with a difference: it sells IT security secrets to the highest bidder.
Aug 16, 2007•12 sec
The mysteries of the typosquatters
We investigate one of the web's dirty secrets: typosquatting, and ask just how bad it is for established business.
Aug 09, 2007•12 sec
Second hand software comes of age
We look at how data protection laws from Europe are implemented poorly.
Aug 02, 2007•9 sec
The flaws in data protection law
We look at how data protection laws from Europe are implemented poorly.
Jul 26, 2007•9 sec
Belgian ISPs fight for their lives
We investigate an unexpected landmark ruling which threatens the legal protections ISPs enjoy in Europe.
Jul 19, 2007•13 sec
Second Life's first IP fight
We talk to the lawyer taking on the first copyright spat to hit virtual world Second Life, and we hear why your boss might own your Facebook profile.
Jul 13, 2007•12 sec
Web activists beat TV industry
We hear about the web activism campaign that changed WIPO policy, and talk to a publishing exec who took the law temporarily into his own hands.
Jul 13, 2007•13 sec
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