Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM, examined in the IP and tech ethics graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. 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). Kip Currier, PhD, JD

Op-Ed: How to Publish Without Perishing, New York Times, 11/29/08

Review of Lawrence Lessig: Decriminalizing the Remix, Time, 10/17/08

Woody Guthrie: Open Source Pioneer, Newsweek, 9/24/08

Review of Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy by Lawrence Lessig, Newsweek, 11/21/08

Markets Declare Truce in Copyright Wars, Google concedes that information isn't free, Wall Street Journal, 11/17/08

Porn bill for couple who can't download, London Guardian, 11/29/08

Seuss lawyers stop holiday Who-ville in Louisville, USA Today, 11/25/08

Copyright claim to university's name `baffling', Toronto Star, 11/20/08

Jonathan Yardley on 'The Man Who Invented Christmas', Washington Post, 11/30/08

Cinema 'cops' deploy night vision devices, Sydney Morning Herald, 11/26/08

Is a picture really worth £1,000?, London Guardian, 11/27/08

Judge says BU can't turn over infringers' IPs in P2P case, ARS Technica, 11/26/08

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

EU bashes DRM, won't support "three strikes" rules, ARS Technica, 11/24/08

Film studios to become 'police, judge, executioner', Sydney Morning Herald, 11/24/08

Now for something completely different, London Guardian, 11/24/08

All-Star Witness List In Lawsuit Over Constitutionality Of RIAA Lawsuits, TechDirt, 11/20/08

McCain Responds To Jackson Browne Lawsuit: Here's How Fair Use Works, TechDirt, 11/21/08

Legal Jujitsu in a File-Sharing Copyright Case, New York Times, 11/18/08

Q & A: Making Use of Public Domain, New York Times, 11/19/08

Google book search deal is good news for copyright law, London Times, 11/19/08

Billion Dollar Charlie vs. the RIAA, Boston Globe, 11/18/08

Tennessee Adopts $9.5 Million University Piracy Measure Despite School Layoffs, Wired.com, 11/18/08

Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits, Yahoo.com, 11/17/08

What Is Art For?, New York Times, 11/14/08

Appeal Is Filed in Potter Lexicon Case, New York Times, 11/15/08

Panel Issues Guide to Using Copyrighted Material in the Classroom - Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/11/08

Copyright code developed to guide teachers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/10/08

Article on "fair use" defense trial over "Harry Potter Lexicon" by Ray Beckerman, Esq., in E-Commerce Law Reports, 10/08

Beckerman: RIAA's 'Vexatious' Charge Reeks with 'Falsehood and Fallacy', Wired.com, 11/07/08

MySpace ad deal lets members use copyright video - BusinessWeek, 10/2/08

Harvard Slams Google Settlement; Others React with Caution - Library Journal, 10/30/08

Retrial Date Set in RIAA v. Thomas - Wired.com, 10/30/08

Google Settles Suit Over Book-Scanning - New York Times, 10/29/08

Google Settles Book-Scan Lawsuit, Everybody Wins - Wired.com , 10/28/08

10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA is the Law That Saved the Web - Wired.com, 10/27/08

Judge Rejects 'Making Available' Defense, Orders Teen File Sharer to Pay RIAA $7,400 - Wired.com, 10/24/08

Copyright and Politics Don’t Mix - New York Times, OP-ED, 10/20/08

RIAA Decries Texas Woman as 'Vexatious' for Demanding File Sharing Trial - Wired.com, 10/17/08

Lawsuit Claims Mapmaking Firm Owns Your Neighborhood - Wired.com, 10/17/08

RIAA Appeals Jammie Thomas Mistrial - Wired.com, 10/15/08

YouTube to McCain: You Made Your DMCA Bed, Lie in It - Wired.com, 10/15/08

McCain/Palin to YouTube: Get real - Lessig Blog, 10/13/08

In Defense of Piracy - Wall Street Journal, 10/11/08

Wal-Mart's DRM Nightmare Just Won't End - Wired.com, 10/10/08

Bush Enacts PRO-IP Anti-piracy Law - PC World, 10/14/08

University Libraries in Google Project to Offer Backup Digital Library - Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/13/08

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

Settlement Rumored To Be Close in Google, Publisher Lawsuit - Library Journal, 10/10/08

US Customs: Sketching an SUV makes you a copyright infringer - BoingBoing.net, 10/7/08