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", coming in Summer 2025, includes major chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Kip Currier, PhD, JD

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Friday, June 4, 2010

Does Fashion Need Copyright Protection?; New York Times, 5/27/10

Catherine Rampell, New York Times; Does Fashion Need Copyright Protection?:

"Johanna Blakley, of the University of Southern California’s Norman Lear Center, recently gave a TED talk on the “culture of copying” in fashion, and why this industry (in addition to those for some other creative works, like food preparation) has been able to thrive even without copyright protection."

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/does-fashion-need-copyright-protection/?scp=1&sq=copyright&st=cse