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#191: The Future of Online Music

August 21, 2017

The Internet has changed a lot over the past 20 years, and so has the music industry. CDs and record stores have been replaced by...


#176: Future of Internet Copyright (w/ TechDirt)

May 24, 2017

What can Taylor Swift and Katy Perry agree on? Not much, but they both think America’s notice-and-takedown laws are outdated. These laws allow copyright holders...


Garcia court’s indecent manipulation of copyright to censor speech.

March 2, 2014

Some things are just indecent. Some might be so indecent that we want judges to use the law to prevent the harm, outrage, and disgust...


Bush’s Commerce Secretary blasts NSA spying as hurting US IP owners worldwide

November 8, 2013

This morning, at the Chamber of Commerce’s Global IP Summit, Carlos Gutierrez warned that U.S. companies trying to enforce their copyrights, patents and trademarks in countries...


Event Video: “DC v SF: A Clash of Visions for Tech Policy”

October 29, 2013

Yesterday, we hosted an event in San Francisco on how innovators and policymakers agree and disagree on the future of technology. Moderated by Declan McCullagh (Chief Political...


DC v SF: A Clash of Visions for Tech Policy

October 25, 2013

How do DC and SF think about the future? Are their visions of how to promote, and adapt to, technological change compatible? Or are America’s...