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/

Listening Session on Appointment of Next Register of Copyrights; The Library of Congress, January 2020

Maria Strong Appointed Acting Register of Copyrights; Publishers Weekly, December 18, 2019

Tell the Senate Not to Put the Register of Copyrights in the Hands of the President; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), December 3, 2018

Congress Using Lame Duck Session To Push Through Awful Plan To Politicize The Copyright Office; TechDirt, December 3, 2018

THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AND THE GREATNESS OF HUMILITY; New Yorker, February 19, 2017

Information Access and the 800-Pound Gorilla; Inside Higher Ed, February 20, 2017

Library Experts Weigh in On Next Register of Copyrights; Library Journal, 1/12/17

Library of Congress and U.S. Copyright Office Roundup; Information Today, 1/10/17

Librarian of Congress Seeks Input on Register of Copyrights; Press Release, Library of Congress, DECEMBER 16, 2016 (REVISED JANUARY 11, 2017)

Congressional panel calls for independent Copyright Office; Washington Post, 12/9/16

Murder (or not) at the Library of Congress?; Washington Post, 10/31/16

Conspiracy Theories Run Amok Over Copyright Office Executive Changes; Techdirt, 11/2/16

A Copyright Coup in Washington; Wall Street Journal, 11/2/16

Change at the Copyright Office; Publishers Weekly, 10/28/16

Maria Pallante's Departure From the Copyright Office: What It Means, And Why It Matters; Billboard, 10/25/16

Maria Pallante Removed as U.S. Register of Copyrights; Billboard, 10/21/16