We hear how the law on the use of MP3 players is so out of date, even the music industry wants to relax the rules, and we talk to the man who beat the TV licence rap.

A groundbreaking auction of intellectual property in New York will try to put a price on ideas; hear from the man with the hammer. Plus: the British Library gets tough on copyright.

Will the government's new rules neuter the Freedom of Information Act? And who will be the next target for Google's Belgian nemesis? Find out in this week's podcast.

Will Google's acquisition of YouTube put it at the forefront of the new internet boom or mire it in lawsuits? Find out from legal and financial experts in this week's podcast.

Delve deep into the murky world of corporate espionage and surveillance to find out how companies go about conducting – and avoiding – spying campaigns in this week's podcast.

Hear from the people behind the world's first election using digital pen and paper, which took place today in a small Scottish town – and from the Swedish pirates planning to take over Europe, in this week's podcast.

The man whose blacklists keep email out of your inbox talks to OUT-LAW Radio. Spamhaus founder Steve Linford talks about why he founded Spamhaus and what would happen if his lists didn't exist. Plus: Irish barrister TJ McIntyre talks about trying to have the EU's Data Retention Directive repealed.

Hear from experts in online gambling, talking about the recent arrests of executives from online gambling companies in the US. Plus: a researcher talks about what she found when posing as a 14-year-old on a social networking site.

Veteran anti-video game campaigner Jack Thompson explains why he thinks that video games were behind a recent US school shooting, and why violent game sales to young people must be banned. Plus: an interview with the company behind new mobile phone spying software.

Singer Billy Bragg discusses his triumph in getting social networking site MySpace to change its small print. Plus: how a wi-fi connection and hundreds of cheerleaders helped to defeat a US lawsuit.