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 in January 2026 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/

Goncharov (1973), Internet Folklore, and Corporate Copyright; JETLaw (The Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law), January 25, 2025

Court: Training AI Model Based on Copyrighted Data Is Not Fair Use as a Matter of Law; The National Law Review, February 11, 2025

The public domain keeps culture vibrant. Why is it shrinking?; Vox, February 7, 2025

HOW SHERLOCK HOLMES BROKE COPYRIGHT LAW; The Atlantic, January 7, 2025

Wicked and the Importance of the Public Domain; Reason, January 1, 2025

POPEYE, ‘THE SKELETON DANCE,’ AND ‘SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN’ ENTER THE PUBLIC DOMAIN; Rolling Stone, January 1, 2025

Column: A Faulkner classic and Popeye enter the public domain while copyright only gets more confusing; Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2024

Happy Public Domain Day! Popeye, ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ ‘The Sound and the Fury’ and Thousands of Other Captivating Creations Are Finally Free for Everyone to Use; Smithsonian Magazine, December 30, 2024

A Farewell to Copyright: International Public Domain Day 2025; Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives, December 23, 2024

Popeye and Tintin will soon lose copyright protection; Axios, December 27, 2024

Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year; NPR, December 26, 2024

A farewell to copyright protection for Hemingway, Hammett — and Popeye; Marketplace, December 25, 2024

January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924!; Center for the Study of the Public Domain

All these iconic artworks and characters lose copyright in 2025; Creative Bloq, December 7, 2024

US Trademark Office cancels Marvel, DC's 'Super Hero' marks; Reuters, September 26, 2024

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

Public domain, where there is life after copyright; CBS News, Sunday Morning, April 14, 2024

A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression; AP, March 28, 2024

This AI Model Is Trained On Public Domain Stills To Create Mickey Mouse Images; Cartoon Brew, February 5, 2024

How A Mickey Mouse Horror Movie Is Releasing Only 2 Months After Disney Lost The Copyright; Screen Rant, January 31, 2024