Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #19: An Interview with Chris Painter

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http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/05/35072/

By Stewart Baker
Lawfareblog.com
May 14, 2014

This episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast features an interview with 
Chris Painter, the State Department’s Coordinator for Cyber Issues. 
Chris had a long and distinguished career at the Justice Department and 
the White House before joining State. Our interview ranges widely.  Are 
there really norms in cyberconflict, and should the US really encourage 
the application of the international law to cyberwar?  Who’s joining the 
Budapest Convention and what are the alternatives?  Are US diplomatic 
efforts finally getting out from under the Edward Snowden’s leak?  Was 
Brazil’s recent Net Mundial conference a victory for US policy goals? What 
are the prospects for MLAT reform – and what is its secret connection to 
the rise of encryption and other nations’ demands for “localization” of 
data storage?  And much, much more.

We also summarize the week’s news. For the first time ever, a news outlet 
not associated with Glenn Greenwald wins “Dumbest NSA Story of the Month” 
honors, as al-Jazeera tries to draw blood from the stoniest FOIA responses 
on record. The USA Freedom bill is consolidated in the House, but whether 
the bill is actually ready for prime time remains in doubt. And I ask the 
question: “Is Snowden a Spy?”

Oracle wins a Federal Circuit victory over Google, establishing that API’s 
can be copyrighted.  The Federal Circuit cites “Tale of Two Cities” but 
others may find Jarndyce v. Jarndyce more in point.

New York State issues a short report on bank cybersecurity practices and 
promises to start asking banks about these practices in inspections.

In other litigation, LabMD claims a victory over the FTC, so we decide to 
call LabMD’s CEO to get his story; it ain’t pretty.  Meanwhile, Snapchat 
finds itself exposed at the FTC—for twenty years.  Zynga and Facebook 
dodge an oncoming privacy truck and get hit by a bicycle—or perhaps a 
butterfly.  And the ACLU argues that criminal defendants who are acquitted 
should have no more privacy rights than those who are convicted.

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