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

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. The book includes chapters on IP, OM, AI, and other emerging technologies. Preorders are available via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits; Vox, February 1, 2023

In Sweden, Taking File Sharing to Heart. And to Church; New York Times, 7/25/12

Court Reduces ‘Shocking’ File Sharing Award; Wired.com, 1/22/10

[OpEd] An opportunity missed to apply 'fair use' to file sharing; LA Times, 12/7/09

Book Review: 'Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars' by William Patry; LA Times, 10/23/09

Japanese Prosecutors Still Want To Blame Developer Of File Sharing Program For Copyright Infringement By Users; TechDirt, 10/28/09

Medical Researchers Resort To File Sharing To Get Access To Journal Research; TechDirt, 10/27/09

AT&T Learns From Mom in Fighting File Sharing, The New York Times, 3/26/09

Changing Tack, RIAA Ditches MediaSentry, Wall Street Journal, 1/5/09

Trial transcript of Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas now available online, Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs. The People Blog, 12/28/08

Harvard Team Asks Court To Allow Live Broadcast Of Tenenbaum Case Against RIAA, TechDirt.com, 12/29/08

Legal Jujitsu in a File-Sharing Copyright Case, New York Times, 11/18/08

Tennessee Adopts $9.5 Million University Piracy Measure Despite School Layoffs, Wired.com, 11/18/08

Beckerman: RIAA's 'Vexatious' Charge Reeks with 'Falsehood and Fallacy', Wired.com, 11/07/08

Judge Rejects 'Making Available' Defense, Orders Teen File Sharer to Pay RIAA $7,400 - Wired.com, 10/24/08

RIAA Decries Texas Woman as 'Vexatious' for Demanding File Sharing Trial - Wired.com, 10/17/08

RIAA Appeals Jammie Thomas Mistrial - Wired.com, 10/15/08

Thomas Mistrial Decision Bolsters RIAA Litigation - Wired.com, 9/25/08

Free Music Downloads Without the Legal Peril - New York Times, 9/3/08