Stanford CIS
David Levine

David Levine

Affiliate Scholar

David S. Levine is an Associate Professor of Law at Elon University School of Law and an Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School (CIS). He is also the founder and host of Hearsay Culture on KZSU-FM (Stanford University), an information policy, intellectual property law and technology talk show for which he has recorded over 190 interviews since May 2006. Hearsay Culture was named as a top five podcast in the ABA's Blawg 100 of 2008 and can be found at http://hearsayculture.com. His scholarship, which has been published in several law reviews including Florida, North Carolina and Stanford Online, focuses on the operation of intellectual property law at the intersection of technology and public life, specifically information flows in the lawmaking and regulatory process and intellectual property law's impact on public and private secrecy, transparency and accountability. He has spoken about his work in numerous venues, from the American Political Science Association annual meeting to the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and internationally.Active in policy analysis, he has made presentations to the negotiators at several negotiating rounds for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), testified before the Library of Congress, co-authored influential law professors' letters regarding the TPP, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and is a member of the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission's Protection of Trade Secret and Proprietary Information Study Group that is tasked with writing the state's hydraulic fracturing regulations. Having been interviewed and quoted in many media outlets, from NPR to the Los Angeles Times, he is a recurring contributor to Slate. He was previously a resident fellow at CIS, legislative aide in the New York State Assembly, assistant corporation counsel for the City of New York and in private practice in Manhattan. He holds a BS in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and a JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Recent articles

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Upcoming Guests on Hearsay Culture

I'm very excited about the schedule of upcoming guests on Hearsay Culture, my radio show on KZSU-FM (5-6 PM PST on Wednesdays) and iTunes podcast.  In rough…

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Where I'll Be and Communal Writing

For those of you who are interested . . . My talk here at Stanford on my recent article has been postponed to Monday, October 16.  More to follow. Also, on Oct…

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Government Paradox 101

So it's a little dated (mid-August), but I was morbidly amused at this article and headline from Federaltimes.com: "Transparency bill subjected to secr…

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I'm Back

After several weeks doing the work/vacation thing in Idaho, I'm back at Stanford and hence, back on the air with "Hearsay Culture."  Yes, the show…

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Hearsay Culture Update

I'm pleased to report that my show on KZSU-FM, "Hearsay Culture," will continue to run on Wednesdays from 5-6 PM PST through the summer -- with th…

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The Unintended Consequences of Research

In the world of commons advocacy, a powerful argument in its favor goes like this: by sharing as much information as possible, especially in the research arena,…

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A Place to Gamble in Australia

If you are planning a summer trip to the Southern Hemisphere and are looking for poker machines that should be in place for a while, may I suggest Hobsons Bay,…

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"Hearsay Culture" Beginning a Roll

I love baseball, so it was no personal problem for me that "Hearsay Culture", my tech talk show on KZSU-FM (Stanford) was preempted a few times in May…

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"Steal This Music"

I had the pleasure of speaking at the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' conference in Seattle on Friday.  In my discussion, about the state of cop…