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

Educational fair use: a provocation, Collectanea Blog with Peter Jaszi, 3/30/09

AT&T Learns From Mom in Fighting File Sharing, The New York Times, 3/26/09

Public-Domain Status of Early Sound Recordings Delayed Until 2067 According to Library Report, Library of Congress, 3/30/09

Publishers Face Pressure From Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals, Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/27/09

Remixing YouTube, One Video At A Time, NPR's All Things Considered, 3/16/09

REMIX: buy the remix, Lessig Blog, 3/11/09

Kutiman's ThruYou Mashup Turns YouTube Into Funk Machine, Wired.com, 3/25/09

Remixing Is Creating And Original -- It's Not Just Derivative Copying, TechDirt.com , 3/27/09

At Columbia Conference, Harvard’s Darnton Asks: Is Google the Elsevier of the Future?, Library Journal, 3/18/09

Register of Copyrights Not Asked by Congress To Weigh in on Google Book Search?, Library Journal, 3/20/09

In a First, Oregon State University Library Faculty Adopts Strong OA Policy, Library Journal, 3/25/09

Touchdown Steelerbaby, Pittsburgh City Paper, 3/19/09

As Rights Clash on YouTube, Some Music Vanishes, The New York Times, 3/23/09

Sony Reaches Deal to Share in Google’s E-Book Library , The New York Times, 3/18/09

NIH Open Access mandate made permanent, Science Commons, 3/17/09

Associated Press Files Countersuit Over Obama Poster, The New York Times, 3/11/09

Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!?, TechDirt, 3/13/09

Research copyright bill would end free health info, Detroit Free Press, 3/5/09

Steelerbaby Blues, Pittsburgh City Paper, 3/5/09

Lawrence Lessig Answers Your Questions on Copyright, Corruption, and Congress, The New York Times Freakonomics Blog, 3/2/09

Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt, The New York Times, 3/1/09

Amazon lets authors mute Kindle books read-aloud feature (AFP), Yahoo Tech, 2/28/09

Law Professor Weighs In On 'Hope' Squabble, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 2/26/09

Mannie Garcia: The Photo That Sparked 'Hope', Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 2/26/09

Shepard Fairey: Inspiration Or Infringement?, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 2/26/09

OP-ED: The Kindle Swindle?, The New York Times, 2/24/09

Jackson Browne vs. John McCain: Round 3, The New York Times, 2/24/09

Pirate Bay Trial Begins With Theatrics, Wall Street Journal, 2/17/09

Pirates vs. University Presses, Inside Higher Ed, 2/24/09

Library Associations Oppose Repealing Public Access Bill, Urge Action, Information Today, 2/23/09

Obama Administration Mulls Constitutionality of Copyright Act, Wired, 2/19/09

[New Zealand] Government delays copyright laws, TVNZ, 2/23/09

Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use, The New York Times, 2/18/09

Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information, The New York Times, 2/17/09

Truckie's Amazing copyright fight, Daily Telegraph, 2/7/09

EFF Chastises YouTube, Seeks Fair Users; Public Knowledge, 2/4/09

YouTube Copyright System Gone Mad, EFF Prepares to Sue: Read Write Web, 2/3/09

KFC's Secret Recipe Returns Home, MSNBC.com, 2/10/09

Copyright Research Bill ReIntroduced, LIS News, 2/4/09

AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image, Associated Press, 2/4/09

One Man’s Blanche Is a University’s Infringement, The New York Times, 2/5/09

Some Fear Google’s Power in Digital Books, The New York Times, 2/1/09

Copyright in the Age of YouTube, ABA Journal, February 2009 Issue

At Panel on Google Book Settlement, Support, Criticism, Contentiousness, Library Journal, 1/29/09

MIT's Management School Shares Teaching Materials Online, The Wired Campus, 1/26/09

RIAA pulls out of John Doe cases involving college students, Ars Technica, 1/19/09

Google Book Settlement Link Dump Awesomeness, 11/25/08

From Siva Vaidhyanathan "My initial take on the Google-publishers settlement", Siva Vaidhyanathan's Blog, The Googlization of Everything, 10/28/08

RI judge hears arguments in music downloading case, Sydney Morning Herald, 1/7/09

Many happy returns for Warner Music, The Guardian, 1/6/09