Regulate Tech

In this episode we discuss the political economy of patents, their origin and the ways in which they touch tech policy. We also noodle on what a good tech policy agenda for patents could look like, and why trolls are a problem. 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the classic text by Eric Raymond (see here http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ ) and how different modes of production of software are converging - and what that means for policy! 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss how to work with the legal function in a tech company, and what we can learn from our colleagues in litigation, employment law, commercial negotiations and not least the new and emerging profession of product counsel. Read more about how product counsel came to become the hottest legal profession here: 

http://www.bricoleur.org/2020/04/product-counsel-origin-story.html

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss what it means for technology to fail, why Facebook is ceasing to do facial recognition, what happened to Google Glass, how we should think about Altavista and MySpace and a host of other things like DRM, PETs and ECMSs. Tune in! 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In the first episode we discussed the value and challenges of advertising as a business model - and in this episode we dig deeper into the harms and how they can be mitigated. All technologies are trade offs, and here we discuss individual, social and long term harms from creating targeted profiles - and how they can be addressed. 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss the politics and policy of advertising. Universally disliked, seems to be an increasingly valuable discovery mechanism in the information economy. It underpins SME-growth and exports, and helps us find what we need - yet it is condemned as manipulative, dangerous and eroding our social liberties. Which one is it? 

As a bonus we share our favorite ads: 

John West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP92j-uEnps

Coors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_N4l0s7qU0

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss anonymity, pseudonyms and identity in social media - where we are heading and why, and what the value of anonymity could be. 

Participants: possibly Richard Allan, maybe Nicklas Berild Lundblad

If social media is a habit, which kind of habit is it - tobacco or sugar? And how should the kind of habit something is influence how we regulate it? Listen in to hear us discuss diets, norms, bans and nudges, dissemination and discovery as the basis of how to start thinking creatively about social media regulation. 

In this episode we discuss when decision making should be shifted from companies to third parties, government and regulators. Who decides what? And when? With examples from tech policy we try to figure out where the debate is heading today. 

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad

In this episode we discuss how comms, press and policy interact, what to watch out for, common mistakes and the changing landscape of tech in media. Listen in!

Participants: Richard Allan, Nicklas Berild Lundblad