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/

Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age; The Guardian, July 2, 2025

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit; Reuters, June 24, 2025

Mike Kelley vs. Trump: The Photo That Could Spark a Presidential Copyright War; Fstoppers, June 1, 2025

US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired; The Register, May 12, 2025

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI; The Atlantic, March 20, 2025

Nosferatu (1922) Dracula Copyright Infringement Story Explained; Screen Rant, January 8, 2025

Grinch-themed holiday photos may be copyright infringement. What to know.; USA Today, December 9, 2024

Internet Archive Copyright Case Ends Without Supreme Court Review; Publishers Weekly, December 5, 2024

Cuban citizen convicted in U.S. streaming piracy scheme; UPI, November 16, 2024

Icelandic Fishing Giant Wins Copyright Case Against Artist; artnet, November 14, 2024

What’s Happening with AI and Copyright Law; JD Supra, November 4, 2024

Library cancels Harry Potter programming over copyright issue; Buckrail, October 4, 2024

Even Free Libraries Come With a Cost; The National Law Review, September 13, 2024

The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case; Wired, September 4, 2024

Philip Glass Says Crimean Theater Is Using His Music Without Permission; The Daily Beast, July 25, 2024

Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win; Ars Technica, June 21, 2024

Original sins and dirty secrets: GenAI has an ethics problem. These are the three things it most urgently needs to fix; Fortune, June 27, 2024

How to Fix “AI’s Original Sin”; O'Reilly, June 18, 2024

Using AI to Create Content? Watch Out for Copyright Violations; Chicago Business Attorney Blog, June 20, 2024

A classical composer just brought down a Chinese state-run YouTube channel over copyright infringement; Fast Company, June 17, 2024