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/

Getty Images Faces Off Against Stability in Court as First Major AI Copyright Trial Begins; PetaPixel, June 10, 2025

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aims to Axe Copyright Lawsuit Over Van Halen Guitar Photo; Billboard, January 22, 2025

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

It Sure Looks Like Trump Watches Are Breaking Copyright Law; Wired, October 18, 2024

Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Who Sued Over Copyright; The New York Times, January 26, 2024

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

Victory! Embedded Links to Photos on Instagram Don’t Infringe Photographers’ Copyrights, Court Rules; EFF, July 20, 2023

Instagram dodges photographers' copyright claims on appeal – but case likely continues; Reuters, July 18, 2023

Copyright Office Refuses to ‘Register Works Entirely Generated by AI’; Peta Pixel, June 28, 2023

Canvas is half-blank for artists after Warhol's Supreme Court copyright loss; The Denver Gazette, May 20, 2023

Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Art is Copyright Infringement; PetaPixel, May 18, 2023

A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.; Vice, April 28, 2023

New Copyright Claims Board Rules in Favor of Photographer in First Case; PetaPixel, March 6, 2023

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

She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.; The New York Times, March 31, 2022

Volvo says copyright claim to photo of SC-made S60 doesn’t extend to Instagram; Post and Courier, August 16, 2020

Court Rules Photographer Gave Up Exclusive Licensing Rights by Posting on Instagram; The Hollywood Reporter, April 14, 2020

Copyright vs. Conscience: Lawyering Up Isn’t Always the Right Move; PetaPixel, August 21, 2018

Two skyline photo cases, two different results; Lexology, August 9, 2018