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Larry Downes joins Technology Liberation Front

I’ve joined with the other courageous souls of the Technology Liberation Front and will be writing on their behalf starting immediately. (Two posts already this week.) The TLF is a loosely-affiliated group of “libertarian-minded analysts working in the field of technology policy” who “analyze and critique the important developments of the day. We will not [...]

Appearing on “The Conversation” March 3

Larry will be a guest on March 3rd’s edition of “The Conversation” on Seattle’s KUOW public radio station.

Speaking this week at TTI Vanguard

Larry is speaking this week as part of TTI Vanguard’s “Shifts Happen” conference in San Francisco. Check out the remarkable list of participants and speakers.

Microsoft Research talk now available

My talk at Microsoft Research in October is now available for viewing on the Microsoft Research website.
This was one of the first talks I gave introducing “The Laws of Disruption.” It was followed by a spirited Q&A on a variety of current events in technology law and policy.

Interview on NPHR’s “Word of Mouth”

Larry was interviewed on Feb. 1 for the New Hampshire public radio program “Word of Mouth.”  Larry spoke with host Virginia Prescott about the accident-prone intersection of innovation and the law, and discussed recent cases including eBay v Tiffany. You can listen to the interview here.

Authors at Google talk now available

My talk last month at Google is now available on YouTube, as part of the Authors @ Google series. The talk introduces the key themes of The Laws of Disruption, and ends with some provocative Q&A.

Seattle Town Hall talk now available online

Larry’s speech at historic Town Hall in Seattle was filmed for the Seattle Channel.  You can watch the program in its entirety, including a wide range of audience questions, on the Seattle Channel’s website.

Speaking today at Google

I’ll be at Google’s Mountain View campus today, giving a talk on LoD and some of the most important legal developments since the book’s publication, including Net Neutrality, the Google Books settlement, the Facebook privacy flap and patent reform.
For those on campus, please come by!

Attending CES Jan. 7-10, Las Vegas

I’ll be attending this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from Jan. 7-10th. I’ll be blogging about the policy sessions both here and for CNET. I’m also happy to do interviews with press attending the event.

LoD named one of Ten Most Important Info-Tech Policy Books of 2009!

The Laws of Disruption was just named one of the ten most important books published on Information and Technology Policy by the Technology Liberation Front, a leading policy blog.  Adam Thierer, the President of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, called the book “the closest thing you will find to a genuine cyber-libertarian manifesto these days,” [...]