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/

Mickey Mouse Gets First Horror Parody Film as Steamboat Willie Enters Public Domain; CBR, January 1, 2024

Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Has Internet Scrambling For Steamboat Willie Horror Movie; ScreenRant, January 1, 2024

Mickey Mouse is finally in the public domain. Here’s what that means.; The Washington Post, January 1, 2024

These Classic Characters Are Losing Copyright Protection. They May Never Be the Same.; The New York Times, January 1, 2024

Classical Musicians Victimized by Erroneous Copyright Claims; Violinist.com, December 19, 2023

The Seizure of Jewish Intellectual Property Ahead of World War II; Library of Congress, April 28, 2022

This Bear’s For You! (Or, Is It?) Can Companies Use Copyright and Trademark To Claim Rights to Public Domain Works?; Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain

With ‘Open Access,’ the Met Museum’s Digital Operation Has a Bona Fide Hit on Its Hands; artnetnews, August 10, 2017

Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away; ArsTechnica.com, 9/8/11

A Digital Library Better Than Google’s; New York Times, 3/23/11

Once in the Public’s Hands, Now Back in Picasso’s; New York Times, 3/21/11

Next chapter in recopyright law: Supreme Court; Denver Post, 3/8/11

Counting on Google Books; Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/16/10

Lost in translation: why have we declared war on foreign dramatists?; (London) Guardian, 9/1/10

Why Google's deal with Italy is a good thing for readers; Christian Science Monitor, 3/11/10

Cornell Library Lifts Restrictions on Public Domain Works; Library Journal.com, 5/14/09