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/

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits; Vox, February 1, 2023

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Peter Kafka , Vox; The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits What can Napster tell us about the future? " Briefly: “File-sharing”...

Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Man Who Broke the Music Business: The dawn of online piracy; New Yorker, 4/27/15

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Stephen Witt, New Yorker; The Man Who Broke the Music Business: The dawn of online piracy : "Napster lasted barely two years, in its o...

Monday, December 8, 2014

Grappling With the ‘Culture of Free’ in Napster’s Aftermath; New York Times, 12/7/14

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Clyde Haberman, New York Times; Grappling With the ‘Culture of Free’ in Napster’s Aftermath : "Napster did not last long, two years. B...

Monday, September 5, 2011

O.K., Downloaders, Let’s Try This Song Again; New York Times, 9/3/11

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Janet Morrissey, New York Times; O.K., Downloaders, Let’s Try This Song Again : "Still, Qtrax is relying primarily on the ads linked ...

Thursday, January 8, 2009

When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won, New York Times, 1/7/09

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Book Review of " Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age" by Steve Knopper...

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Kip Currier, PhD, JD: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section

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