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 on December 11, 2025 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/

US authors suing Anthropic can band together in copyright class action, judge rules; Reuters, July 17, 2025

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aims to Axe Copyright Lawsuit Over Van Halen Guitar Photo; Billboard, January 22, 2025

Trump Loses Copyright Suit Over ‘Electric Avenue’ 2020 Campaign Video In Summary Judgement; TechDirt via Above The Law, September 27, 2024

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

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

Bob Woodward seeks to end Donald Trump's lawsuit over audiobook; Reuters, September 12, 2023

Trader Joe’s Sues Trader Joe’s United for Copyright Infringement; Vice, July 14, 2023

Trump Lawyers Argue Copyright Suit Against Woodward, S&S Should Proceed; Publishers Weekly, July 3, 2023

Judge Backs A&E in ‘Live PD’ Copyright Lawsuit; The Hollywood Reporter, June 19, 2023

Elon Musk called copyright a ‘plague on humanity’ and now he’s being sued for $250 million by music publishers who claim Twitter stole their content; Forbes, June 15, 2023

6 Takeaways From Ed Sheeran’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ Copyright Case; The New York Times, May 5, 2023

Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know.; The New York Times, April 24, 2023

Oral Argument Set in Internet Archive Copyright Case; Publishers Weekly, February 21, 2023

CNN Accused of Using Hundreds of Songs Without Permission in New Lawsuit, Rolling Stone, December 1, 2022

Taylor Swift ‘Shake It Off’ Trial Alarms Legal Experts: “Makes Copyright Law Look Absurd” | Billboard News, December 2021

Internet Archives Fires Back in Lawsuit Over Covid-19 Emergency Library; Vice, July 29, 2020

Led Zeppelin Scores Big Win in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case; Variety, March 9, 2020

Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in massive copyright suit brought by Oracle; CNBC, November 15, 2019