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

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM, examined in the IP and tech ethics graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. 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). Kip Currier, PhD, JD

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore; NPR, June 6, 2025

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

U.S. Copyright Office Shocks Big Tech With AI Fair Use Rebuke; Forbes, May 29, 2025

The Copyright Office’s Report on AI Training Material and Fair Use: Will It Stymie the U.S. AI Industry?; The Federalist Society, May 29, 2025

Author sides with students in revolt over book passage used in AP exam; The Washington Post, May 24, 2025

Judge Hints Anthropic’s AI Training on Books Is Fair Use; Bloomberg Law, May 22, 2025

We're All Copyright Owners. Why You Need to Care About AI and Copyright; CNET, May 19, 2025

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

Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training; TechCrunch, May 11, 2025

Meta lawsuit poses first big test of AI copyright battle; Financial Times, May 1, 2025

Copyright alone cannot protect the future of creative work; Brookings, May 1, 2025

Meta Faces Copyright Reckoning in Authors’ Generative AI Case; Bloomberg Law, April 30, 2025

Creators Are Losing the AI Copyright Battle. We Have to Keep Fighting (Guest Column); The Hollywood Reporter, April 16, 2025

The real argument artists should be making against AI; Vox, April 16, 2025

Why Musk and Dorsey want to ‘delete all IP law’; The Washington Post, April 15, 2025

Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case; TechCrunch, April 11, 2025

EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), March 31, 2025

Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward; NPR, March 27, 2025

How to tell when AI models infringe copyright; The Washington Post, March 24, 2024

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