Larry’s short book, “A Rational Response to the Privacy ‘Crisis,‘” is being published today by The Cato Institute.  It is available free as a PDF.

The book reviews the current dissonance in defining what consumer “privacy” means in the era of big data, and traces the historical roots of the debate in the United States as a conflict between Puritan “transparency” and frontier self-definition.

Rejecting calls to treat personal information as a kind of property–like the failing systems for copyright and patents–the book proposes instead to expand an implicit licensing regime that is already in place and working for nearly all consumers.

Larry will be moderating a panel titled “Washington and the Startup Economy:  First Do no Harm,” on Wed, Jan. 9, 2013 at noon at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, NV.  The panel is part of the Innovation Policy Summit, and will take place in the North Hall of the Convention Center in Room N254.  The session is free to all attendees of CES.

Panelists from startup companies will discuss ways the federal government can encourage entrepreneurs through common-sense regulatory and deregulatory changes to current law.

Larry will participate in a panel discussion in Washington on Dec. 13th titled, “CopyRIGHT:  Can Free Marketers Agree on Copyright Reform?”  The even takes place from 3-4:15 in the U.S. Capitol, Room HC-8.  The event is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required.

With the recent issuance and withdrawal of a key copyright policy memo from the Republican Study Committee, and in the aftermath of the SOPA and PIPA fights this year, Republicans and Democrats are searching for a balanced approach to copyright reform.  The panel will bring together several academics and policy analysts with different views, to see where there might be common ground.

On Nov 27th, Larry will moderate a discussion on the upcoming U.N. treaty negotiations over Internet governance at Stanford Law School.

Panelists include former U.S. Ambassador David Gross and Google Policy Counsel Patrick Ryan.

Attendance is free and open to the public.

Larry will be moderating a panel discussion on “Creativity and Commerce” at a mini Tools of Change seminar on Nov. 7, 2012 in Charleston, SC.  Details are available on the O’Reilly Conferences website.

Larry will moderate a briefing for Congress on the growing importance of broadband to U.S. manufacturing companies. The event takes place from 9:15-10:15 on Sept. 13, 2012 at the Capitol Visitors Center, Room 200. The briefing is part of the National Association of Manufacturers “Shopfloor Series.”

The event is co-hosted by Reps. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Doris Matsui (D-CA), members of the Federal Spectrum Working Group.