Out-law Radio

We find a company that is coping with a recessionary funding drought by turning investment on its head. Instead of asking few people for lots of money, Trampoline Systems is asking many for a little.

We talk to Britain's Conservative Party about plans to use distributed storage to help get the most out of the massive amounts of personal data held by Government.

We look at new technology that is designed to help content producers track use of their material and ask: does it take enough notice of copyright law's fair dealing exemptions?

We look at research that shows that companies manage their software badly, leading to legal troubles and extra costs.

We look into the legal pitfalls of using images, and explain why users need to worry about more than just copyright law

We look at the success of the TV formats industry - all the more amazing because the ideas at its heart enjoy little legal protection

We delve into the world of clippings services as a newspaper body tries to get media monitoring agencies and clients to pay up for forwarding web links

We examine the legal standing of ISP customers faced with restrictions on what they can watch online. Can ISPs charge website operators under the threat of throttling access? We find out.

We look at the problems with the latest in a long line of attempts to create a pan-EU litigation system, and talk to an Australian behind a chart of the most popular trade marked tattoos

We find out if DRM anti-copying technology can keep up with the complexities of copyright law

We talk to an academic who says that companies need to change the way they work today to avoid a raft of tech addiction suits in the future

We hear from two economists who think that scrapping copyright and patent law would make the world a more creative and richer place

We look at a 90 year old law that could help some news organisations but hinder the spread of news, plus we discover just how much cybercriminals make in a day

As Google launches its Street View photo-mapping tool in the UK, we assess a legal challenge about to be mounted to the controversial service

We wonder why the most complex and secure kinds of electronic signatures never really took off

We find out why the publishing industry is worried about text-to-speech software being included on e-book readers

We talk to the open source advocates who are building a public library of knowledge to block future patents claims against Linux

We talk to the journalist at the heart of a copyright law fight and wonder if individuals can ever afford protection under copyright law

We look at the way that Universities exploit their intellectual property and ask: are they too focused on raising money at the expense of social benefit?

As a local authority pursues an ex-employee for £1m for alleged deception in the recruitment process, how should employers deal with CV fibbers?