Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in January 2026 and includes chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Preorders are available via this webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Authors Guild to offer “Human Authored” label on books to compete with AI; Marketplace.org, October 7, 2024

Bizarre AI-generated products are in stores. Here’s how to avoid them.; The Washington Post, September 18, 2023

Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission; Morning Edition, NPR, July 17, 2023

Copyright Alliance blasts Internet Archive’s Emergency Library launch as “vile”; ZDNet, March 31, 2020

Judge Denies Author Attempt to Trademark 'Cocky' ; Publishers Weekly, June 4, 2018

It Took 17 Years: Freelancers Receive $9 Million in Copyright Suit; The New York Times, April 30, 2018

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria: "Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them."; The Atlantic, April 20, 2017

Google Case Ends, but Copyright Fight Goes On; Publishers Weekly, 4/22/16

How Google Stole the Work of Millions of Authors; Wall Street Journal, 2/7/16

Titanic victory for fair use: appeals court says Google's book-scanning is legal; BoingBoing.net, 10/16/15

Court OKs Universities' Quest To Turn To More Digital Copies Of Books; NPR, 6/10/14

Siding With Google, Judge Says Book Search Does Not Infringe Copyright; New York Times, 11/14/13

U.S. judge boosts Google 'fair use' defense of digital books; Reuters, 9/23/13

Google Presses Fair Use Case in Book Scanning Appeal; Library Journal, 11/12/12

Authors Guild Appeals HathiTrust Decision, Library Copyright Alliance Issues Statement; Library Journal, 11/9/12

‘U’ wins copyright lawsuit against Hathitrust digitalization project; Michigan Daily, 10/11/12

Judge Hands HathiTrust Digital Repository a Win in Fair-Use Case; Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/10/12

Google Deal Gives Publishers a Choice: Digitize or Not; New York Times, 10/4/12

Google Books hasn't cost authors a dime, company says; ArsTechnica.com, 7/27/12

Judge Allows Class-Action Suit Over Google’s Book Scanning; New York Times, 5/31/12