Out-law Radio

Live web TV operator Zattoo.com defends its approach to simulcasting UK broadcasters' content without their permission

As ITV faces a £5.7m fine, we ask an industry rep why nobody noticed the abuses while they happened

We ask whether the website scraping that underpins the emerging aggregator industry falls foul of the law

We find that few authors of PDFs know how to make them accessible to blind users

We report on the French court ruling that could put many a publisher off using RSS feeds

We investigate the change Google has made to trade mark rules in its AdWords system, and find it could increase ad costs by a factor of six.

We look at whether or not the UK courts are trying to make UK patent law more like that in Europe, where software can sometimes be patented. Plus we find out how large companies can save time and money implementing the Companies Act

Software as a service is an emerging trend, but can you use US-based services and keep your documents from the prying eyes of the US authorities?

The internet has brought free, valuable information to people all over the world, so why has it not brought free access to the most basic building block of society, the law?

As an Obama aide resigns over off the record comments, we investigate if a law that protected Prince Albert can do the same for journalists' sources. Plus we talk to an MEP who wants to decriminalise file sharing

After a woman reported that plastic surgery left her ears in the wrong place, we look at whether trade mark laws are being used to censor customer review websites

We see how one company is dealing with Microsoft's apparent clampdown on second hand software sales. Plus we ask: is it worth suing spammers?

We investigate complaints that user licences for software are unfair and draconian. Plus: we look at a conflict between UK authorities on what exactly counts as personal data

We investigate the shifting of the main front in the music industry's battle against piracy: they now want ISPs to police networks for them, and look to have government backing.

We investigate the shifting of the main front in the music industry's battle against piracy: they now want ISPs to police networks for them, and look to have government backing.

Can your internet address be protected under privacy law? We talk to the leader of the EU's privacy watchdogs about the controversial question. Plus we hear how social networking sites are failing disabled users.

We investigate whether or not a new law compelling UK citizens to hand over encryption keys on pain of being jailed might strip them of their right to a fair trial.

We look at whether the court case underpinning the European Commission's anti-Microsoft case is really as solid as was thought, and we look at how front-running landed Network Solutions in hot water.

We talk to the small European browser maker which is taking an ambitious case against Microsoft, and we look at the future of mobile phone tracking.

We look at a new technology to help content producers control their material and ask: will search companies allow it to flourish? And we talk to the man charged with potentially re-writing data protection laws.