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/

Should AI be treated the same way as people are when it comes to copyright law? ; The Hill, March 24, 2025

Microsoft boss urges rethink of copyright laws for AI; The Times, October 21, 2024

OpenAI Faces Early Appeal in First AI Copyright Suit From Coders; Bloomberg Law, September 30, 2024

OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon among first AI Pact signatories; Euronews, September 25, 2024

OpenAI Pushes Prompt-Hacking Defense to Deflect Copyright Claims; Bloomberg Law, August 29, 2024

How OpenAI is Looking to Beat the Growing Pool of Copyright Cases; The Fashion Law, July 23, 2024

An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge; The Conversation, July 23, 2024

Center for Investigative Reporting sues Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement; Business Today, June 29, 2024

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web; The Verge, June 28, 2024

Yet Another AI Copyright Suit Against OpenAI Underscores the Autonomy-Automaton Divide; American Enterprise Institute, May 17, 2024

Eight US newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement; Associated Press via The Guardian, April 30, 2024

The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet sue OpenAI for copyright infringement; The Guardian, February 28, 2024

Complaint: New York Times v. Microsoft & OpenAI, December 2023

The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work; The New York Times, December 27, 2023

AI is learning from stolen intellectual property. It needs to stop.; The Washington Post, October 19, 2023

Authors sue Meta, Microsoft, Bloomberg in latest AI copyright clash; Reuters, October 18, 2023

Franzen, Grisham and Other Prominent Authors Sue OpenAI; The New York Times, September 20, 2023

Another group of writers is suing OpenAI over copyright claims; The Verge, September 11, 2023

Microsoft to defend customers on AI copyright challenges; Reuters, September 7, 2023

UN agency finds US, Asian companies seek most AI patents; Associated Press, January 31, 2019