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I am thrilled to post shows #100 and 101 at Hearsay Culture [where this post is cross-posted]. After over three years of shows, a few thank yous are appropriate. Read more about Hearsay Culture shows #100 and 101 -- william patry and larry downes -- posted

I am pleased to post two more new Hearsay Culture shows. The first is Show # 98, October 14, my interview with Prof. Jacqui Lipton of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Jacqui is writing a book, Global Real Property: Internet Domain Names, Trademark and Free Speech, examining the intricacies of trademark domain name disputes. Read more about Hearsay Culture shows #98 and #99 -- Profs. Jacqui Lipton and Elizabeth Townsend-Gard -- posted, and #100 coming up!

I am very excited about the slate of upcoming guests for Hearsay Culture this quarter! Ranging from copyright experts to technology philosophers, this quarter should be fun and educational. Hopefully you will enjoy listening to the interviews and learn a bit as well! Read more about Fall 2009 Hearsay Culture schedule posted

I am thrilled and honored to announce that Hearsay Culture has been listed in the American Bar Association ("ABA") Journal's Blawg 100 of 2008, as one of the "top 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers." Specifically, Hearsay Culture was selected by the editors as one of the top five in the new podcast category. Read more about Hearsay Culture selected as one of the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 of 2008

I am pleased to post three new shows to close the Summer quarter of KZSU's schedule. The first, Show #71, is my interview with Prof. Timothy Holbrook of Chicago-Kent College of Law. Tim is a prolific patent scholar, and we discussed the extraterritoriality of US patent law and recent reform efforts. As patent becomes more ubiquitous, a greater understanding among the public about patent law generally is increasingly critical. Read more about Hearsay Culture Shows with Profs. Tim Holbrook, Michel Bauwens and Neil Netanel Posted

In connection with IPSC, being hosted at Stanford in the next few days, I thought I'd mention that I've posted Show #70 of Hearsay Culture, my interview with Prof. Michael Meurer of Boston University School of Law, co-author of Patent Failure. Read more about Hearsay Culture Show #70 -- Prof. Michael Meurer -- posted

I have posted Hearsay Culture's schedule for the remainder of the summer quarter, as well as the list of guests for the fall quarter. As you'll see, it is a great roster of guests and a wide variety of topics will be discussed, from intellectual property issues to anonymity online. As always, I'm privileged to have such fascinating and engaging people with whom to discuss areas of personal interest, and I hope that you find the interviews equally fascinating and engaging. Read more about Hearsay Culture upcoming schedule and fall guests

For those interested in the upcoming schedule for Hearsay Culture (beginning anew on July 2), here it is! I'm very excited with the coming slate of guests. Thanks for listening and spreading the word! Read more about Hearsay Culture upcoming schedule

I reproduce below my notes from a number of presentations. Alas, I’ve been pulled in several directions the last few days so I produce these notes on an “as-is” basis; I hope that you find them useful. Read more about IPSC Live-Blogging, Part 3

OK, after some network access issues (my ever-diligent spyware blockers meant well), I’m here. My initial notes are sparse as I was ascertaining how to get on the network, so they do not do full justice to the presentation. Now I’m on and will march forward!

Also, for those unfamiliar, this is a works-in-progress event. That means that the papers presented are literally in-progress, incomplete works. So my notes should be considered and weighed in that vein.

Below are my notes from a first parallel session, defenses:

[Note: c = copyright] Read more about IPSC Live-Blogging, Parts 1 and 2

I'll return to live-blogging next week at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, an amazing and extremely valuable conference for IP folks to present their works-in-progress and get feedback from their colleagues. Read more about IPSC Live-Blogging

I have previously written about the problems associated with the Copyright Royalty Board's new royalty rates for webcasts. To bring attention to this issue, today is Internet radio's "Day of Silence." KZSU-FM, where you can normally hear Hearsay Culture live, is participating. Read more about Today is Internet Radio's "Day of Silence"

From ZDNet: "Google’s role in an open source world by ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn -- Google proves you can scale an enormous company in a short time, share code extensively (under a variety of licenses), yet still keep what you need to have private, private." Read more about Open Source and Privacy Can Co-exist and Thrive!

Here's a quick live-blog of Prof. Michael Geist's dinner talk tonight at the Computers Freedom & Privacy conference in Montreal.

Future of the Internet -- Where was the Internet in 1997 -- early webpages, early issues (i.e., spam). Some we are still discussing, some not. Read more about Prof. Michael Geist at CFP

Sadly, Yahoo is no stranger to morally questionable business decisions relating to their dealings with the Chinese government. Read more about Yahoo's Disgrace