this WEEK in LAW

Hosts: Denise Howell, Ernie Svenson, Marty Schwimmer, Nicole Black, and Evan Brown. iPhone unlocking, FBI child porn baiting, electronic discovery, Viacom v. YouTube, and more. Talking points: http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/16. Audible pick: 21: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (Unabridged) by Ben Mezrich, narrated by Johnny Heller Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:20:57

Hosts: Denise Howell, Brian Cuban, Collette Vogele, Ernie Svenson, and Marty Schwimmer. The Lori Drew/Megan Meier cyberbullying case, MediaDefender's DDoSing of Revision3, and more. Talking points: http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/15. Audible Book Pick: Supreme Court Decision on Florida Recount Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:12:43

Hosts: Denise Howell, Karl Susman, Debbie Weil, Kevin O'Keefe, and Victor Cajiao Managing the legal risks related for blogging and podcasting. Talking points: http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/14. Audible Book Pick: The Small Business Bible By Steven D. Strauss Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:21:38

Hosts: Denise Howell, Bret Fausett, Cathy Kirkman, Collette Vogele, and Marty Schwimmer WikiLeaks, Julius Baer, Dynadot, registrars, domain tasting vs. front running, ICANN, Network Solutions, and more. Talking points: http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/13. Audible Book Pick: Selected Shorts: Are We There Yet? (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 58:06

Hosts: Denise Howell, John Palfrey, Ernie Svenson, Cathy Kirkman and Chris Johnston John Palfrey launches Draft Lessig Facebook group, tech-savvyness of presidential candidates, Lazy Web v. Twitter, your social graph and more. Denise’s blog on Draft Lessig: Lawrence Lessig, congresscritter nominee Talking points: http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/12. Audible Book Pick: The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:02:54

Hosts: Denise Howell, Ernie Svenson, Cathy Kirkman, Collette Vogele, and J. Craig Williams The panel discusses Avvo Answers, ABA Journal’s Blawg 100, the RIAA waffles on CD ripping, and Facebook Beacon. Our talking points are online at http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/11. Audible Book Pick: “The Nine,” by Jeffrey Tubin Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:07:24

Hosts: Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, John Palfrey, Kevin Heller, and Professor Eric Goldman The panel discusses the RIAAs case vs. Jammie Thomas and new developments in indirect liability for third party acts and comments. Our talking points are online at http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/10. Audible Book Pick: “The Nudist on the Late Shift,” by Po Bronson Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 45:02

Hosts: Denise Howell, Steve Nipper, Matt Buchanan, and Brad Frazer. Steve and Matt also contribute to RethinkIP and WTFPatents. Further talking points are online at http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/9. Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales. And congratulations to Victor, his Typical Mac User Podcast is up for a Parsec Award in the Best Tech Podcast category! Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:10:44

Hosts: Denise Howell, Ernie Svenson, Dennis Kennedy, and Mazyar Hadayat Guest: Avvo CEO Mark Britton The issues surrounding Avvo, the attorney rating service. Further talking points are online at http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/8. Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:32:56

Hosts: Denise Howell, Collette Vogele, Kurt Opsahl, and Marty Schwimmer Perfect 10's thumbnails, Digg's safe harbor, and deep linking... Further talking points are online at http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/7. Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 49:17

Hosts: Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, John Palfrey, and Marty Schwimmer Guest: Ian C. Ballon,executive director of Stanford University Law School's Center for E-Cmmmerce and a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig. Ian Ballon's treatise on ecommerce is available from http://www.ballononecommerce.com/. Our talking points are online at http://del.icio.us/thisweekinlaw/4. Thanks to Victor Cajiao for editing help this week. Victor produces the Typical Mac User Podcast and Immigration Tales Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:02:26

Hosts: Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, John Palfrey, and Ernie Svenson Guest: Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow and the panel discuss the legal and normative issues around the blog threats against Kathy Sierra... Special thanks to UK musician Nigel Clutterbuck who created and performs the TWiL theme music a.k.a. Endorphins On My Mind. Special further thanks to Paul Figgiani and Doug Kaye (GigaVox Media), Steve Holden (TechNewsRadio), and Victor Cajiao (Typical PC User Podcast; Typical Mac User Podcast; Immigration Tales Podcast), for audio and moral support. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:05:24

Hosts: Denise Howell, Colette Vogele, and Ernie Svenson Guest: Marty Schwimmer Special thanks to UK musician Nigel Clutterbuck who created and performs the TWiL theme music - a.k.a. "Endorphins On My Mind." Special further thanks to Paul Figgiani and Doug Kaye (GigaVox Media), Steve Holden (TechNewsRadio), and Victor Cajiao (Typical PC User Podcast; Typical Mac User Podcast; Immigration Tales Podcast), for audio and moral support. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:26:45

Hosts: Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, Ernie Svenson, and John Palfrey. Guest: Jason Calacanis Special thanks to UK musician Nigel Clutterbuck who created and performs the TWiL theme music - a.k.a. "Endorphins On My Mind." Special further thanks to Paul Figgiani and Doug Kaye (GigaVox Media), Steve Holden (TechNewsRadio), and Victor Cajiao (Typical PC User Podcast; Typical Mac User Podcast; Immigration Tales Podcast), for audio and moral support. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:26:45

Hosts: Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, and Ernie Svenson Guest: Michael Arrington It was Michael Arrington who posted the then completely unsubstantiated, ultimately completely true rumor that Google was about to acquire YouTube. Leo and John on TWiT had what turned out to be a pretty humorous reaction to the Wall Street Journal's reliance on Michael, "a blogger," as a source for its coverage. EFF's Fred von Lohmann provided Denise's favorite analysis of the copyright ramifications of the YouTube acquisition, in an interview with John Battelle. (Further terrific insights on this front came after we recorded the show, from Columbia law professor Tim Wu.) There is ongoing and often heated discussion and debate about whether and under what circumstances the mere act of publishing an RSS feed implies a license to use and/or redistribute the included material. RSS is being used in ways you might not have thought about. Lots of them. (If you find this fascinating, you'll love Steve Rubel's entire RSS post category.) Politicians and others would do well to remember that C-SPAN's feeds, audio, and video are only licensed for personal, noncommercial use. Angsuman Chakraborty created a WordPress plugin for including copyright information in a feed. The failure of lawyer advertising rules to keep pace with online realities may chill lawyer blogging, even though blawgs frequently are more about speech and information sharing than advertising. Robert Scoble's link to some Crazy Frogs had us in stitches. (Er, make that Maryam's and Gia's link.) Special thanks to UK musician Nigel Clutterbuck who created and performs the TWiL theme music a.k.a. Endorphins On My Mind. Special further thanks to Paul Figgiani and Doug Kaye (GigaVox Media), Steve Holden (TechNewsRadio), and Victor Cajiao (Typical PC User Podcast; Typical Mac User Podcast; Immigration Tales Podcast), for audio and moral support. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:21:12

Hosts: Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, Ernie Svenson, John Palfrey Guest: Hank Barry Show notes to follow... Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. Running time: 1:21:12