A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Ann Finkbeiner, author of "The Jasons."

About the Speaker: David S. Levine, Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School

The federal courts used to act as gatekeepers who determined which sorts of inventions (which "subject matter" in patent-speak) should be patentable and which should not. The clear theory underlying this role was that some sorts of inventions simply should not be patentable. With the advent of computer software and the information age, however, the courts faced an assault on their old tests for whether a type of subject matter should be patentable. The courts reacted to this assault by abandoning the barricades and allowing patentability for virtually any sort of invention.

About the Speakers: David Olson is a Resident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society. David's current research interests are in the areas of software/business method patents, subject matter patentability, the law and economics of the U.S. patent system, and international regulation of intellectual property.

A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Erik Davis, author of "Techgnosis."

About the Speaker: David S. Levine, Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School

The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA) presents "Meet CIS: Fair Use Project and The Stanford Center for Computers and the Law (CodeX)," with Harry Surden ,Resident Fellow, Stanford Center for Computers and the Law (CodeX), and Tony Falzone, Executive Director, Fair Use Project.

About the Speakers: Harry Surden is a resident fellow at the Stanford Center for Computers and the Law (Codex). He came to Codex following a clerkship at the United States District Court in San Francisco. Harry graduated from Stanford Law School in 2005, and prior to that, he worked as a software engineer for Cisco Systems and Bloomberg Financial Markets. Harry is the Stanford Center for Computers and the Law's inaugural resident fellow.

Anthony Falzone is the Executive Director of the Fair Use Project. Before that, he was a partner with Bingham McCutchen LLP where he specialized in intellectual property litigation. He has advised and defended a wide variety of individuals and companies including writers, publishers, musicians and video game makers on copyright, trademark, rights of publicity and other intellectual property matters.

Come hear Doug Curling, ChoicePoint's president and COO, speak about the vital though largely unknown role of his company in the nation's commercial and law enforcement sectors. He will debunk some of the myths about the company's collection and use of data and show how ChoicePoint's services directly benefit consumers everywhere.

A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Elissa Hecker, Esq., Immediate Past President of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, on copyright.

About the Speaker: David S. Levine, Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School

The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA) presents "The Long Tail" with Chris Anderson, Editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine.

About the speaker: Chris Anderson is the editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, which has won a National Magazine Award under his tenure. He coined the phrase "The Long Tail" in an acclaimed Wired article, which he expanded upon in the book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (2006). He currently resides in Berkeley, CA. Prior to joining Wired in 2001, he worked at The Economist, where he launched their coverage of the Internet. His background is in science, with a degree in physics from George Washington University, a period of research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and six years at the prestigious journals Nature and Science.

A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Steven Levy of Newsweek, author of "The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture and Coolness".

About the Speaker: David S. Levine, Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School

A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. This week, David interviews Prof. Alasdair Roberts of Syracuse University, author of "Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age".

About the Speaker: David S. Levine, Fellow, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School

The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA) presents "Digital Robin Hood" with Fulbright Visiting Researcher Bodo Balazs.

About the speaker: Bodo Balazs (1975), economist, assistant lecturer, researcher at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Sociology and Communications, Center for Media Research and Education since 2001. Fulbright Visiting Researcher at Stanford Law School. Project lead for Creative Commons Hungary.