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/

Florida Sports Blog Hit With Copyright Case; Law360, January 3, 2025

Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content; Popular Science, June 5, 2024

Adobe gets called out for violating its own AI ethics; Digital Trends, June 3, 2024

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

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

Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last; The Art Newspaper, December 29, 2023

Can You Copyright a Photograph of Your AI Art?; Make Use Of, August 3, 2023

Disfarmer heir, Little Rock museum argue over copyright; Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 18, 2023

Photographers Score Early Victories in Copyright Lawsuits Against Artist Richard Prince; PetaPixel, May 16, 2023

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

Copyright lawsuit over artist who used Ruth Bader Ginsburg photo dismissed; UPI, March 18, 2023

Photo Agency Sues Twitter for $228.9 Million Over Copyright Infringement; PetaPixel, January 12, 2023

Some of Trump’s New NFTs Look Like Photoshops of Google Search Results; PetaPixel, December 16, 2022

As the 'engine of free expression,' copyright law plays a vital role in enabling journalists to shine a light on injustice; The Hill, June 11, 2020

How to find copyright-free images (and avoiding a stock photo subscription); TNW, April 29, 2020

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

SpaceX Just Retroactively Put Copyright Restrictions on Its Photos; Motherboard, December 11, 2019

Library of Congress Puts Rosa Parks Archive Online; New York Times, 2/25/16

Flooding Threatens The Times’s Picture Archive; New York Times, 10/12/15

Big new copyright fair use decision involving part owner of Miami Heat; Washington Post, 9/17/15