PickVidsBest Law, policing & justice Videos
The 188 Law, policing & justice videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 3 introductory, 4 intermediate, 181 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a commentary. What they share is that something that already happened gets one reading. Channels you will keep seeing include LastWeekTonight, TEDx Talks, Tom Scott.
Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates
Mark Rober builds a glitter-bomb booby-trapped package to take revenge on porch pirates, filming the thieves' reactions.
Laws that choke creativity | Larry Lessig
Larry Lessig's TED talk argues that copyright law chokes creativity, drawing on John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the ASCAP cartel to make the case for reviving remix culture.
Susan Crawford on Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry & Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age
Susan Crawford talks at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center about her book Captive Audience.
The Long, Twisted And Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 1
AVweb's Paul Bertorelli explains why general aviation has failed to replace leaded avgas, blaming industry inertia, bureaucratic delay and an exemption that removes the incentive.
Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on timeshares covers how people get sold into them, why they are so hard to leave, and the exit-company scams that target owners trying to get out.
In full: Rowan Atkinson on free speech
Rowan Atkinson's speech at the launch of the Reform Section 5 campaign in Parliament in 2012.
Adam Ruins Everything - The Truth About the McDonald's Coffee Lawsuit
An Adam Ruins Everything segment on the real facts of the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, covering the severity of the burns and the corporate PR campaign that painted it as frivolous.
The Long, Twisted and Slightly Ridiculous Story of Avgas Part 2
AVweb's Paul Bertorelli explains in part two of a series why general aviation has not replaced leaded avgas.
Why Japan's Conviction Rate is 99% (Actually Explained)
Yuta explains what Japan's 99% conviction rate actually means, noting that prosecutors drop cases unless confidence is very high.
Everything is a Remix (2023 Edition)
Kirby Ferguson's updated four-part video essay arguing that creativity is built on copying, transforming and combining existing work.
Who’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town
A Climate Town episode on who uses America's water, particularly Western water.
The One Tiny Law That Keeps Amtrak Terrible
Wendover Productions explains why Amtrak trains run late: most Amtrak routes run on freight-owned track, and the law giving passenger trains priority is rarely enforced.
Why Japan Arrests Foreigners
Paolo fromTOKYO explains why foreign tourists get arrested in Japan, covering strict laws and the justice system's very high conviction rate.
The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games
Ross Scott of Accursed Farms lays out a campaign to stop publishers from permanently shutting down games, using The Crew as the test case.
Deception, Lies, and Valve
Coffeezilla investigates Counter-Strike skin gambling, the role of Valve and the legal and PR response, including effects on minors.
How to Design Impenetrable Airport Security
A Wendover Productions explainer on how airport security is designed, covering screening layers, x-ray scanning, and the contrast with Israel's profiling-based approach.
Lawyer. Passport. Locksmith. Gun. (A Talk About Risk & Preparedness)
Deviant Ollam gives a long talk on risk and preparedness: get a lawyer, passport, locksmith and other resources before you need them.
The Iroquois Confederacy
Historia Civilis explains the origins and governing system of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy.
SLAPP Suits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains SLAPP suits, lawsuits designed to silence critics through legal costs, after his show's legal fight with coal executive Bob Murray.
The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573
A 2016 House Judiciary Committee hearing on encryption, held during the Apple and FBI iPhone dispute.
PAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained
A long video essay by Skip Intro asking what vision of policing the kids' show PAW Patrol suggests.
Why Are Emulators Legal? Dolphin vs. Nintendo, and the Fate of Emulation [Great Emu War Pt. 1]
Moon Channel, run by a lawyer, explains the legal basis for emulation, including the history of emulation case law and Nintendo's takedown of Dolphin's Steam release.
Everything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)
Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series, using Apple and the iPhone to show how invention builds on copying and combining prior ideas.
Rowan Atkinson on free speech
Rowan Atkinson speaks against the word 'insulting' in the UK Public Order Act, as part of the Reform Section 5 campaign.