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This Week in Law 427: World War Gen Z, AT&T and Time Warner Merger Decision Fisking June 27, 2018

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Had a great time as always guest hosting on my favorite law netcast, This Week in Law, with Denise Howell and J. Michael Keyes, on June 22, 2018. Glad I could discuss Deep Fakes, “Gen Z” (persons between 13 and 23), Hamilton, ticket-buying bots, the Music Modernization Act and more.

What was yesterday’s “Mergers of Dystopia” (This Week in Law 247, February 21, 2014) is today’s At&T-Time Warner Merger, plus bonus California Net Neutrality Bill dilution.

Watch the replay here:

This Week in Law 427 with Denise Howell, Mike Keyes and Lisa Borodkin “World War Gen Z”

Oh, and p.s. don’t call it Velcro. It’s “hook and loop.”

This Week in Law Episode 247: Mergers of Dystopia July 2, 2014

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The big media mergers just keep on coming. AT&T wants to acquire DirectTV, Comcast is ready to gobble up Time Warner, and Sprint is finalizing its merger with T-Mobile.

Antitrust Professor Spencer Waller, FCC watchdog Ryan Radia, and I discussed such mergers with Evan Brown on This Week in Law 247, “Mergers of Dystopia.” Here’s the video:

Aaron Swartz, the Greatest Internet Law Hits of 2012, and Chilling Effects. April 29, 2013

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In episode 194 of This Week in Law, Denise Howell, Evan Brown, and newcomer (to me) Kevin Thompson and I had a really on-depth discussion of Aaron Swartz’s prosecution and what it means for the future of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

One hidden gem that I suggest looking at is Evan Brown’s wrap-up of the most interesting internate law cases of last year. It’s a little buried in the show notes but you’ll find it in the bookmark called “PDF Link”.

I noted a disturbing chilling effect on Evan Brown’s comments on TWiL from last Friday in episode 208, “The Devil Wears Prenda.”

It’s very weird to speak openly about the fact that one is not speaking openly, and especially coming from a technology law commentator. Look for a more robust blog post on that score in the near future.

Facebook’s IPO, “Privacy Correctness” and Charlie’s Writing September 27, 2012

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Charlie Cheever is stepping away from his day-to-day role at Quora.

Quora is and always will be a great product. It’s not easy to do a real-time, community-edited, advertising-free collection of the best sources on the Internet for questions.

One of the things I particularly like is Charlie’s style of writing. Quora has one of the most readable “About” pages on the web. I always attributed this to Charlie, because the word “great” showed up a lot in his answers.

I hope Charlie continues to contribute prolifically to Quora, and I look forward to whatever he decides to do next.

Also, here I am discussing Facebook on the day of its IPO with Kashmir Hill, Denise Howell, and Evan Brown on This Week of Law 162. “Privacy correctness” is an interesting idea. I’m generally impressed at how far we’ve come in at least considering the issue since the original Facebook privacy controversy in the Spring of 2010.

This Week in Law, Copyright School and Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act May 14, 2011

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It is always great to talk to Denise Howell and Evan Brown on This Week in Law. I had the pleasure of being a guest on Episodes 107 (April 15, 2011) and 87 (November 19, 2010) on this video podcast, which I consider essential listening for keeping up with technology law trends. Here are the replays:

We talk a lot about changing norms in copyright and Internet use. Here, we had a very spirited discussion of Youtube’s new “Copyright School.” Also, the Internet rights discussion has now entered the lawmaking process with the Kerry-McCain draft Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act currently circulating on Capital Hill.