Out-law Radio

As Apple's Steve Jobs calls for DRM free music, we look at the legal basis and social impact of copy control technology, and we look at a looming battle between the relatively new information access and privacy laws.

The disability discrimination ruling that could change cross-border e-commerce, and why the Information Commissioner is not like the traffic police.

We look at what you can do to avoid having your digital identity stolen, and discover why Britain's doctors may be about to derail the NHS's £12bn IT system.

We uncover evidence that Cisco could lose the rights to the iPhone trade mark in Europe, where Apple is next in line to register the name.

With Christmas music booming out of every shop speaker, we talk to the people attempting to stop the rot, for employees' sakes, including an Austrian union rep and a Lord.

We find about about how the Government plans to track children, possibly illegally, and talk to one of email's pioneers.

We dig deep into the Gowers report and find recommendations for pricier CDs and a return to hip hop's glory days, plus an update on Gary McKinnon's extradition case.

The man who refused to invest in YouTube talks us through the hype and hope of Web 2.0 from the point of view of the ultimate tech insider.

We gaze into a crystal ball with a technology expert to see which technologies will earn the big bucks, and talk to a man being evicted because of a website.

Technology is helping to create a surveillance society, says the Information Commissioner; we investigate how surveillance is ever present, and how it is creating a divided society.

We hear how the law on the use of MP3 players is so out of date, even the music industry wants to relax the rules, and we talk to the man who beat the TV licence rap.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