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/

Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win; Ars Technica, June 21, 2024

Unpublished Letter Sent to New York Times Editor on 10/2/23 re “The Enemies of Literature Are Winning” by Matthew Walther (Oct. 1, 2023)

Column: Here’s why you can’t ‘own’ your ebooks; Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2022

Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking.; The New York Times, November 29, 2021

Giant Publisher Macmillan Goes To War Against Libraries; TechDirt, November 15, 2019

'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped?; The Guardian, March 6, 2019

New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out; The New York Times, December 29, 2018

Tor, OverDrive Comment on Library Ebook Embargo; Library Journal, September 6, 2018

Post-Gazette Is Going Digital, At Least On Some Days, With An Ad Campaign That Is Raising Eyebrows; KDKA 2 CBS Pittsburgh, August 22, 2018

Math Journal Editors Quit for Open Access; Inside Higher Ed, July 31, 2017

The Blog That Disappeared; New York Times, 7/29/16

Cassandra Clare Created a Fantasy Realm and Aims to Maintain Her Rule; New York Times, 4/23/16

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

E-Book Fans Keep Format in Spotlight; New York Times, 10/21/09

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending; New York Times, 10/15/09

State AGs Don't Like Google Books Deal, What About Readers?; PC World, 9/18/09

Steal This Book (for $9.99); The New York Times, 5/17/09