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Karl Susman - Risk, Liability, and Web 2.0

Insurance expert Karl Susman discusses how bloggers and other Web 2.0 users are beginning to deal with and better minimize the financial risk of their activities. He talks with Denise about how the...

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Jeffrey Eisenach - Global Regulation and the Digital Economy

Should the internet be regulated? In this audio lecture, Jeffrey Eisenach presents the potential for harm caused by cyberspace while outlining the challenges faced by regulation to the digital economy....

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Deborah Rhode - Ethics in the Nonprofit Sector

Businesses are not the only organizations rocked by financial scandals. Nonprofits such as the Red Cross, United Way, and many others have been hit as well. In this Stanford Social Innovation Review...

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Carl Malamud - Public Printing

Carl Malamud discusses his campaign to be appointed as the Public Printer of the United States. As the head of the Governmnent Printing Office, he would continue the work he has done at...

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Fraser Nelson - Learn to Love Lobbying

Fraser Nelson, a consultant to nonprofits, gives an entertaining lesson on the why and how of nonprofit lobbying. Most nonprofits do not lobby government for a variety of reasons, but Nelson explains...

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Erin Kenneally - Online Forensics

When a crime occurs in cyberspace, how do you cordon off the scene and process the evidence? Erin Kenneally is a lawyer who helps law enforcement agencies think about forensics in a connected world. In...

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Lawrence Lessig - Trust and Independence

Only 9 percent of the electorate thinks the U.S. Congress is doing a good job. Lawrence Lessig talks about the damage that arises from politicians focusing on raising funds to get themselves reelected....

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Rob Reich - Tax Incentives for Philanthropy

Given current tax laws, $300 billion in charitable dollars can end up costing the U.S. Treasury $50 billion in lost income. Should taxable income exclude charitable contributions? In this audio...

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Keith Bergelt - Open Invention Network

The Open Invention Network is a collaborative enterprise formed to promote Linux, and protect the open source community from the threats of patent assertion and litigation. Keith Bergelt's job as the...

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Larry Lessig - Current Laws and the Internet

Moira speaks with Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig about trying to make our old laws work with the new technology of the Internet.

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Kathy Reichs - 209 Bones

Moira interviews Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist and author of the popular Bones detective series.

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Chris DiBona - Your Work in Open Source, the Numbers

Everyone knows Google crawls websites - but did you know they also crawl your source code? Google's Open Source Programs manager Chris DiBona provides a quick but insightful look into the state of open...

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Richard Whitt - Tinkering without Tampering: Wrestling with Convergence and...

What are the key pieces policy makers must understand about the intersection of technology trends and digital economics to create broadband policies that make sense? What are the best roles of...

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Jim Zemlin - What's the Deal with Linux on the Desktop?

Everyone uses Linux: if they use Google, trade on-line, or use ATMs. Linux is the most ubiquitous OS in everything from cell phones to TVs, precisely because, Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation argues,...

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Andreas Constantinou - Eight Centers of Gravity: The New Rules of Mobile

How is open-source closed? Andreas Constantinou talks about the relative openness of the "eight centers of gravity" in the mobile industry, and says it's not the licensing, which concerns source...

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Dan Nevrivy, Hans Sauer - The Myriad Genetics ruling

Dr. Moria Gunn sits down to discuss genetics with Dan Nevrivy from the Nevrivy Law Group and BIO's Deputy General Counsel, Hans Sauer. They dig into the Myriad Genetics ruling and analyze why some feel...

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William Patry - Law Is Not a Business Solution

William Patry has been working with copyright law for 25 years and has a number of observations on this continuously evolving challenge. He says we lose respect for the legal system when we use it to...

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Future of the Health Care Reform - Panel Discussion

Amidst much debate and acrimony, Congress has at last passed the Affordable Care Act -- the new health law. The law makes health coverage available to those denied health insurance by private insurance...

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Gary Cupit - Teaching an Old Drug New Tricks

Dr. Moria Gunn chats with the CEO for Somnus Therapeutics, Gary Cupit, on a new use for an old drug which is helping the weary sleep better.

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David Duncan - Obama's Stem Cell Policy in the News

Dr. Moira Gunn catches up with author and columnist, David Duncan, to hear about the US Judge who has ruled against President Obama's stem cell policy.

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