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- 06 / 03 / 09 -

The fundraiser went well, thanking everyone who pledged over the past month, a story involving police battling a phone company that won't give the location of a customer who's behind on his bill, dialing #door on a Verizon phone, the hypocrisy of famous people objecting to using Twitter for a reality show, people who announced to the world via social networking that they were going on vacation have their house robbed, Obama appoints a cybersecurity czar and makes inaccurate remarks about hackers, Lee Tien from the Electronic Frontier Foundation describes his role in the report, the pitch for open source code, the unprecedented emphasis on civil liberties and privacy, Obama's commitment to net neutrality, Corynne McSherry describes her teaching curriculum for schools on copyright, Gus gives examples of pro-copyright curriculum, how teachers can use Corynne's lesson plan, what kids are being taught in the mainstream regarding copyright, what constitutes fair use, an example of some questions posed to students in the curriculum, Gus promotes "The Media Show."

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June 3
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- 06 / 10 / 09 -

The digital television cutover is almost here, Bernie discusses the potential hardships ahead, a member of the Anonymous group is charged for a distributed denial of service attack, technology to track wandering Alzheimer's patients, ways this technology could be used for other purposes, an alleged hack at T-Mobile, Jeff Moss of Defcon joins the Homeland Security Advisory Council, Mike trips while trying to reconnect Bernie, the issue of surveillance cameras, debating the issue of teenagers becoming addicted to texting, remembering pagers, paying for ring tones, people who put all kinds of private info into public messages, a quick poll of how many text messages were sent by people in the studio.

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June 10
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- 06 / 17 / 09 -

A celebration as North Korea qualifies for the World Cup for the first time since 1966, Bernie is in Plattsburgh after an unsuccessful attempt to enter Canada, Bernie's experiences with the border guards, the digital television cutover has been completed, some of the aftermath, Gus describes the role of Twitter in the Iranian uprising, the risk of believing whatever is posted on a social networking site, tactics being used to get the word out, more on the North Korean triumph, a call from Rebel who claims to have had a Twitter account since 1999, more on digital television, Verizon gets ready to start a news station to promote FIOS, facts about 87.7 FM in New York, the prospect of military surveillance satellite access.

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June 17
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- 06 / 24 / 09 -

The latest on Bernie's problem getting into Canada, the reasoning behind changing your Twitter time zone to match that of Tehran, Redhackt tells why it's pointless to change the color of your avatar, questioning whether tags are effective, media that is blocked in Iran, Bernie discusses ways around the existing communications infrastructure, FlyClear goes out of business, an update on the case of an alleged music swapper, attorney Ray Beckerman and attorney Joe Sibley join the conversation, discussion on how the case should have been handled, the effect this will have on the recording industry, what Media Sentry is, how people can get involved.

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June 24
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