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

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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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