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/

A.I.-Generated Reading List in Chicago Sun-Times Recommends Nonexistent Books; The New York Times, May 21, 2025

Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell; The Guardian, February 26, 2025

Post owner Bezos announces shift in opinions section; Shipley to leave; The Washington Post, February 26, 2025

Yet Another AI Copyright Suit Against OpenAI Underscores the Autonomy-Automaton Divide; American Enterprise Institute, May 17, 2024

Eight US newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement; Associated Press via The Guardian, April 30, 2024

Photographer Sues Gannett for $34 Million For Copyright Infringement; PetaPixel, December 15, 2022

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to receive confidential sum from UK newspaper for copyright infringement; CNN, January 5, 2022

Tito's Tacos to change name following trademark tangle; Brattleboro Reformer, 10/3/16

Yes, the News Can Survive the Newspaper; New York Times, 9/4/16

Sydney Morning Herald Faces Uncertain Print Future in Australia; New York Times, 8/17/16

John Oliver’s newspaper rant hits a nerve: “We’ve watched it being not-so-slowly destroyed by forces beyond our control”; Salon, 8/10/16

"Tablet v. Newspaper"; Bizarro, 7/11/16

How the internet has all but destroyed the market for films, music and newspapers; Observer via Guardian, 8/14/11

[Podcast] Should Newspapers Charge for Content Online?; NPR's On the Media, 7/16/10

Murdoch could block Google searches entirely; Guardian, 11/09/09

French Papers Aim at Younger Readers; New York Times, 10/28/09

AP setting up tracking system for Web content; Associated Press, 7/23/09

Future of Newspapers: Profitless? Go Wireless; Wired's Duel Perspectives Blog, 7/14/09

Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt, The New York Times, 3/1/09

Copyright claim to university's name `baffling', Toronto Star, 11/20/08