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/

Music Copyright Value Hit $32.5B in 2020, With Streaming Taking Its Biggest Slice Yet; Billboard, November 18, 2021

How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits; The Rolling Stone, January 9, 2020

Copyright infringement suit filed against Led Zeppelin for 'Stairway to Heaven'; CNN, 6/3/14

RESPECT Bill Would Put Golden Oldies Under Federal Copyright; Billboard, 5/29/14

Defining and Demanding a Musician’s Fair Shake in the Internet Age; New York Times, 9/30/13

Clear Channel-Warner Music Deal Rewrites the Rules on Royalties; New York Times, 9/12/13

Record Labels Sue Sirius XM Over the Use of Older Music; New York Times, 9/11/13

A Revamped Myspace Site Faces a Problem With Rights; New York Times, 1/20/13

Lil Wayne, Birdman hit with copyright suit in NYC; AP, via Yahoo News, 10/30/09

K.K.R. and Bertelsmann May Make Sweet Music; New York Times, 7/9/09

Play it again: Tenenbaum team tries to toss MediaSentry evidence; Ars Technica, 6/29/09

Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty; Ars Technica, 6/18/09

When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won, New York Times, 1/7/09

DRM-Free iTunes Seems Unlikely, Despite Report, Wired.com, 12/9/08

Once More, With Feeling: Copyright Is Not A Welfare System For Musicians, TechDirt, 11/26/08

Web radio founder visits here to explain Pandora - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/13/08

Musicians Realize They Need Their Own Lobbying Group - Techdirt, 10/6/08