Richard Koman, O'Reilly Network

Apple vs. the Bloggers: How It Unfolded and Where It Stands Now

When AppleInsider and PowerPage published apparently purloined confidential documents from Cupertino, Apple sued their ISPs to find out who inside the company was leaking. This set into motion a series of court proceedings that helped define the rights of bloggers and privacy for those who use the Internet. Richard Koman reports.

U.S. Patent Reform Bill: An Interview with Mark Webbink

Richard Koman talks with Mark Webbink, deputy general counsel for intellectual property at Red Hat, about the state of patents, the patents commons idea, and the patent reform legislation working its way through Congress.

Will Congress Ban Municipal WiFi?

The recently introduced U.S. Senate bill, called the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act of 2005, may spell the end for municipal wireless. Among other things, the bill says that when there is a case of competing bids between a private company and local government, preference will be given to the private company. Richard Koman reports on the implications of this bill and what it could mean for consumers long-term.

An Interview with Ourmedia.org's J.D. Lasica

The volume of people who are now documenting their lives with digital video, audio, and photography, and sharing them on public media sites like Ourmedia.org is yet another example of the exploding grassroots media movement. Richard Koman interviews J.D. Lasica, cofounder of Ourmedia.org, on what's actually on Ourmedia, how it came to be, how it works, and what it portents for the future of videocasting.

Remixing Culture: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig

What do you get when you mix P2P, inexpensive digital input devices, open source software, easy editing tools, and reasonably affordable bandwidth? Potentially, you get what Lawrence Lessig calls remix culture. He explains in this extensive interview. The concept of remixing culture is the topic of his keynote as well, at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference (March 14-17 in San Diego).

Protect Your OSP with logfinder

Do you keep all your logs? Get ready for trouble. The EFF has issued a warning to online service providers, including ISPs, web site publishers, and bloggers, to start deleting their log files ASAP. To help, the EFF has created a free tool called logfinder that makes it easier to find and delete those log files.

Ernest Miller on What's Wrong with the Induce Act

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch has sponsored a bill before Congress, called the Induce Act, which would leave people who haven't directly infringed copyright, but who provide tools or support for people who do infringe copyright, to be open to lawsuits for the infringement. Richard Koman sits down with Ernest Miller to discuss what's wrong with the Induce Act and its potentially debilitating impact on technological innovation. The two also discuss a number of technologies that will never get off the ground if Induce is passed.

Free the Orphans: A Look at the Case of Kahle v. Ashcroft

Richard Koman examines the suit in Kahle v. Ashcroft, brought by two digital archivists intending to free in-copyright, out-of-print media, known as "orphan works," from oblivion. Richard talks with lead attorney for the case, Chris Sprigman, where he discusses how this case takes an entirely different angle from the recent copyright term extension suit, Eldred.