Episodes
Remix culture copyright, strangers may be watching your Ring video, location data up for sale to bounty hunters, social media rules for politicians, Apple trolls CES, consumer advocacy groups want the FTC to look at kids' apps on Google Play, lessons to learn from COPPA, the "F Word" in the Supreme Court, Bob Ambrogi's 20 Most Legal Tech Developments for 2018, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Guest: Bob Ambrogi Download or subscribe to this show at...
Published 01/12/19
Published 01/12/19
Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, Stefan Szpajda, J. Michael Keyes look back on the best of This Week in Law from 2018! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, Matt Curtis, and J. Michael Keyes Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit approval. Please check the rules and requirements for your specific jurisdiction before...
Published 12/28/18
Professor Mark Bartholomew, author of ADcreep: The Case Against Modern Marketing joins Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda to talk about the advertising industry, apps sharing your location data with advertisers, how brain scans may help the future of marketing, Congress questions Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: Mark Bartholomew Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion...
Published 12/14/18
Mastercard and Microsoft team up to create a "digital identity" system, is group chat the future of social media? Brokering Bitcoin, smart contract developers and the SEC, are browsewrap terms of service enforceable? And more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: Evan Brown Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE...
Published 12/08/18
Taylor Swift's record deal may affect the music industry, Bobby Brown sues over the Whitney Houston documentary, website blocking, data privacy, and insurance, the first GDPR fine, Payless wants to see how much people will pay for $20 shoes, Alexa on the witness stand, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: Stephen Embry Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a...
Published 12/01/18
In this episode, Denise and Stefan discuss how the EU's highest court had to wake up and taste the cheese to decide whether taste is copyrightable, and how the EU's copyright directive might be financially unfeasible even for YouTube. They also look at who must or should make disclosures; as in, "Is that a real metal band or are your paid bots just happy to see me?" The rise of Nanoinfluencers and CGI influencers, police seek Echo recordings in another murder case, and coming soon to...
Published 11/16/18
AT&T to crack down on piracy by cutting off service, 'Piracy Protection' insurance, Satanic Temple sues a Netflix TV show for copyright on a statue, Apple has a tool to see what data is collected, sued over a retweet, bots to help you in small claims court, Intel's data privacy bill and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: Irene Mo Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys...
Published 11/09/18
Blockchain experts Joshua Ashley Klayman and Ethan M. Seery join Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda to talk about Bitcoin's 10th birthday, how Bitcoin is not really anonymous, ICO's and Securities Law, how cryptocurrencies should be regulated, Malta's strategy for the blockchain, does blockchain conflict with GDPR? And more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guests: Joshua Ashley Klayman and Ethan M. Seery Download or subscribe to this show at...
Published 11/02/18
In this Halloween themed TWiL: AI-Art sells for $432,500, will there be a ban on killer robots? An Alexa powered drone for your house, Jet Li rejected the Matrix because he didn't want to be digitally recorded, releasing music on DNA, 20 years of the DMCA, Feds say hacking DRM to fix your devices is OK, GDPR makes Google more dominant in Europe, using dead people's fingers to unlock their phones, rules for digging up dead people, black cat selfies and more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan...
Published 10/26/18
Mocking Kanye for showing his password on camera, Feds forcing people to unlock their phones with FaceID, the CFAA and the First Amendment, Fortnite profiting off of other people's dance moves, a game company uses facial recognition to detect minors, "Do Not Track" on browsers doesn't do anything, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may...
Published 10/19/18
Fitbit data helps solve a murder case, Fyre Festival organizer sentenced to 6 years in prison, Nintendo vs. real life Mario Karting, a copyright Battle Royale between video game companies, Google+ will shut down after a data leak, laws to get rid of Robocallers, are patents to blame for high drug costs? And more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Guest: Wesley Paisley Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of...
Published 10/12/18
How non-practicing entities are bad for innovation, incentivizing examiners to improve patent quality, Qualcomm vs. Apple round 1, China claims the most patents in the world - are they valid? Finding problems in the "Inventor Protection Act", the Trump administration says California's net neutrality law causes "irreparable harm" to the U.S., and more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Guest: Joshua Landau Download or subscribe to this show at...
Published 10/05/18
Senate hearing for Privacy Laws, could the Apple Watch's ability to auto-call 911 get Apple in trouble? Facial recognition in retail spaces, privacy safety for children with IoT devices, Walmart wants to use the blockchain for the supply chain, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Guest: Jordan Walbesser Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a...
Published 09/28/18
Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda and Matt Curtis talk with Nate Cardozo of the EFF about getting rid of DRM, the new Music Modernization Act, is the Amazon Fire TV Recast another Aereo waiting to happen? Congress will hold Consumer Privacy Hearings without consumer privacy advocates, how Cohen and Manafort messed up when using Encryption apps, California's net neutrality rules are illegal according to Ajit Pai, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Guest: Nate...
Published 09/21/18
Members of Congress want to know the potential impact of deepfakes, India's Aadhaar ID database is hacked, EU could fine companies for not removing terrorist content in an hour, U.S. policy on Cyber warfare, vending machines DDoS a University and more! Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Guest: Stewart Baker Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study...
Published 09/14/18
Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh on the fourth amendment and technological developments, Kavanaugh's views on Net Neutrality, Ajit Pai pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook, is an Uber driver an employee? Hosts: Denise Howell, Stefan Szpajda, and Matt Curtis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit approval....
Published 09/07/18
Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda talk to John Danaher about social and ethical issues around sex robots, such as becoming the Uber of the sex worker industry, privacy with connected "companions", virtual sexual assault and are consent apps the solution to end sexual assault? Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: John Danaher Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a...
Published 08/31/18
Aaron Wright joins Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda to talk all about Blockchain, ICOs, SAFT, Bill Hinman's June speech, smart contracts, OpenLaw, machine-machine transactions, Ethereum, CryptoKitties, Poketoshi, Satoshi's Place, Augur, Ke Xu's Ono, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: Aaron J. Wright Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to...
Published 08/24/18
All about the patent process with Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Amazon patents warehouse blimps, the Inventor Protection Act and U.S. innovation, Twitter vs. Alex Jones, possibly the very first animal selfie and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and Stefan Szpajda Guest: Saurabh Vishnubhakat Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit...
Published 08/17/18
The state of VidAngel vs. movie studios, Danish court says stream-ripping sites are illegal, are free stock photos free? Fox News vs. TVEyes and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and J. Michael Keyes Guest: Peter Midgley Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit approval. Please check the rules and requirements for your specific...
Published 08/10/18
Confidence levels for Amazon facial recognition, facial recognition in schools, 3D printing guns, a tourist gets 8 years in prison for complaining about her vacation, patenting the blockchain, Fortnite coaches and more! Host: Denise Howell Guests: Stefan Szpajda and Brian Chase Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board seeking MCLE credit...
Published 08/03/18
Denise Howell is joined by Mike Keyes and Lisa Borodkin to talk about phone-tracking warrants for police, the AT&T+Time Warner merger, sales tax on online purchases, Apple's supposed app store monopoly, AI principles at Google, realistic-looking deep fakes, the BOTS Act, Velcro, a fake Trump+Kim Jong-un movie trailer, and more! Hosts: Denise Howell and J. Michael Keyes Guest: Lisa Borodkin Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of...
Published 06/22/18
Professor Glenn McGee and Biohack author JD Lasica join Denise Howell and Matt Curtis to talk about bioethics in reproductive technology, designer babies, abandoned DNA and more! Photo by Jose Francisco Morales on Unsplash Hosts: Denise Howell and Matt Curtis Guests: Glenn McGee Ph.D and JD Lasica Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board...
Published 06/15/18
Denise Howell and Matt Curtis are joined by Stefan Szpajda and Kim Ellis to discuss where is "home" for a business? Also regulating companies in space, governing colonies on Mars and the Moon, and do we need a "Space Force?" Hosts: Denise Howell and Matt Curtis Guests: Stefan Szpajda and Kim Ellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-law. Public list of discussion pointsTWiL on FacebookAttorneys may submit a self-study form to their local CLE board...
Published 06/08/18