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/

Thursday, April 30, 2009

High-Def 'Hunt For Gollum,' New Lord Of The Fanvids; Podcast Via NPR, All Things Considered, 4/30/09

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Podcast [3 min. 3 sec.] Via NPR, All Things Considered: High-Def 'Hunt For Gollum,' New Lord Of The Fanvids : "Of course, Acade...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

When Pixels Find New Life on Real Paper; The New York Times, 4/20/09

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Via The New York Times; When Pixels Find New Life on Real Paper : "One trick in transferring the material from online to print has been...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Judge Bars the Internet From the Courtroom in a File-Sharing Case; Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wired Campus, 4/17/09

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Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wired Campus: Judge Bars the Internet From the Courtroom in a File-Sharing Case : " Charles Nesson, ...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Objection to Google Scanning Settlement Filed; American Libraries, 4/15/09

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Via American Libraries: Objection to Google Scanning Settlement Filed : "The consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has sent a lette...

Don Henley sues Senate candidate over song use; CNN.com, 4/18/09

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Via Cnn.com: Don Henley sues Senate candidate over song use : " Don Henley , a founding member of "The Eagles," is suing a Re...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Court jails Pirate Bay founders; Via BBC News, 4/17/09

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Via BBC News; Court jails Pirate Bay founders : "Speaking on Swedish Radio, assistant judge Klarius explained how the court reached its...

File-Sharing Site Violated Copyright, Court Says; The New York Times, 4/17/09

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The New York Times; File-Sharing Site Violated Copyright, Court Says : A court in Sweden on Friday convicted four men linked to the notorio...

The Pirate Bay on the politics of copyright, Globe and Mail, 4/17/09

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Via Globe and Mail; The Pirate Bay on the politics of copyright : "Earlier Friday morning a Swedish judge found four men connected with...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Google Insists It’s a Friend to Newspapers, The New York Times, 4/8/09

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Via The New York Times: Google Insists It’s a Friend to Newspapers : "It had the makings of a high-tension face-off: Eric E. Schmidt , ...

They Pay for Cable, Music and Extra Bags. How About News?; The New York Times, 4/7/09

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Via The New York Times: They Pay for Cable, Music and Extra Bags. How About News? : "Just a year ago, most media companies believed the...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Coldplay Refutes Plagiarism Claim, Disses Satriani in Court, Yahoo News, 4/7/09

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Yahoo News: Coldplay Refutes Plagiarism Claim, Disses Satriani in Court : "In court papers filed in Los Angeles Monday, Coldplay respon...

Digital Piracy Spreads, and Defies a Fix; The New York Times, 4/6/09

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Via The New York Times: Digital Piracy Spreads, and Defies a Fix : "Less than a week after a pirated copy of the unreleased movie “X-Me...
Monday, April 6, 2009

Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves — Is He Right?; Wired.com Threat Level, 4/3/09

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Via Wired.com Threat Level: Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves — Is He Right? : "But whether search-engine news aggregation ...

Fox Censors News Amid 'X-Men' Piracy Imbroglio -- Reporter in Hot Water, Wired.com Threat Level, 4/6/09

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Via Wired.com Threat Level: Fox Censors News Amid 'X-Men' Piracy Imbroglio -- Reporter in Hot Water : "Fox News, owned by News ...

Roger Friedman's Leaked "Wolverine" Review Gets Him In Trouble With Fox News, News Corp; Huffington Post, 4/5/09

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Via Huffington Post: Roger Friedman's Leaked "Wolverine" Review Gets Him In Trouble With Fox News, News Corp : "Friedman...
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Librarian Opposes Google's Library Fees, NPR's All Things Considered, 2/21/09

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Podcast via NPR's All Things Considered; Librarian Opposes Google's Library Fees [4 min. 29 sec.]: "Google wants to give you a...

Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged, The New York Times, 4/3/09

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The New York Times; Google’s Plan for Out-of-Print Books Is Challenged : "The dusty stacks of the nation’s great university and researc...

FBI called in over Wolverine leak, BBC News, 4/3/09

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Via BBC News; FBI called in over Wolverine leak : "The Hugh Jackman film was downloaded an estimated 100,000 times from file-sharing we...
Friday, April 3, 2009

IPod: Gift 'Fit For A Queen' Might Violate Copyright Law, Online Media Daily, 4/6/09

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Via Online Media Daily; IPod: Gift 'Fit For A Queen' Might Violate Copyright Law : " This week, President Barack Obama gave the...

Law School To Intervene In Google Book Settlement, Online Media Daily, 4/3/09

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Via Online Media Daily: Law School To Intervene In Google Book Settlement : " A federal judge will allow New York Law School to argue t...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Wolverine Film Leaked on the Internet, ComicBookResources.com, 4/1/09

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Via ComicBookResources.com: Wolverine Film Leaked on the Internet : "Word spread last night over Twitter and other social networking si...

Experts advise citizen journalists on copyright law, Digital Journal, 3/22/09

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Via Digital Journal, By David Silverberg: Experts advise citizen journalists on copyright law : " Media law can be confusing . Even for...

Nigeria: Can NCC's New Copyright Enforcement Tactics Tame Piracy?, allAfrica.com, 3/18/09

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Via allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Can NCC's New Copyright Enforcement Tactics Tame Piracy?: "FOR the past twenty years, the Nigerian Copy...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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

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Via Collectanea Blog with Peter Jaszi: Educational fair use: a provocation : "Let me make two modest suggestions: 1. First, it's im...

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

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Via The New York Times: AT&T Learns From Mom in Fighting File Sharing : "For customers who continue to share files, the e-mail mess...
Monday, March 30, 2009

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

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Via Library of Congress: Public-Domain Status of Early Sound Recordings Delayed Until 2067 According to Library Report : " Sound record...

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

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Via Chronicle of Higher Education: Publishers Face Pressure From Libraries to Freeze Prices and Cut Deals : " A price increase of about...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

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

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Via NPR's All Things Considered: Remixing YouTube, One Video At A Time : "The latest viral video doesn't just come from YouTube...

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

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Via Lessig Blog: REMIX: buy the remix : "This video [from ThruYou music album by Ophir Kutiel AKA Kutiman] is Jefferson's Moose. If...

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

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Via Wired.com: Kutiman's ThruYou Mashup Turns YouTube Into Funk Machine : "Five years ago he'd never heard of the "godfath...

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

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Via TechDirt.com: Remixing Is Creating And Original -- It's Not Just Derivative Copying : "At the beginning of the month we were on...
Friday, March 27, 2009

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

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Via Library Journal: At Columbia Conference, Harvard’s Darnton Asks: Is Google the Elsevier of the Future? : " Is the public’s interest...

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

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Via Library Journal: Register of Copyrights Not Asked by Congress To Weigh in on Google Book Search? : "Out of last Friday's all-da...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

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

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Via Library Journal: In a First, Oregon State University Library Faculty Adopts Strong OA Policy : " On March 13, the library faculty a...
Monday, March 23, 2009

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

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Via Pittsburgh City Paper: Touchdown Steelerbaby : "Fairey's own Obama poster is now the subject of litigation with the Associated ...

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

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The New York Times: As Rights Clash on YouTube, Some Music Vanishes : " In early December, Juliet Weybret, a high school sophomore and ...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

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

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Via The New York Times: Sony Reaches Deal to Share in Google’s E-Book Library : "Aiming to outdo Amazon.com and recapture the crown fo...

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

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Via Science Commons: NIH Open Access mandate made permanent : "The NIH Public Access Policy, which was due to expire this year, has now...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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

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Via The New York Times: Associated Press Files Countersuit Over Obama Poster : "The Associated Press has filed a countersuit against th...

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

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Via TechDirt: Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!? : " Plenty of folks are quite concerned about the ...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

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

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Detroit Free Press: Research copyright bill would end free health info : "Current law requires scientists to submit NIH-funded work to ...
Monday, March 9, 2009

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

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Via Pittsburgh City Paper: Steelerbaby Blues : "Shepard Fairey is the creator of the iconic Obama "Hope" poster. He's bee...
Friday, March 6, 2009

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

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Via The New York Times Freakonomics Blog: Lawrence Lessig Answers Your Questions on Copyright, Corruption, and Congress : "Last week we...
Monday, March 2, 2009

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

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Via The New York Times: Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt : "Generally, the excerpts have been considered legal, and for years...
Sunday, March 1, 2009

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

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Via Yahoo Tech: Amazon lets authors mute Kindle books read-aloud feature (AFP) : "Amazon is yielding to concerns of authors by letting ...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

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

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Via Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Podcast [9 min. 18 sec.] and Show Summary for " Law Professor Weighs In On 'Hope' Squabble ...

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

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Via Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Podcast [10 min. 58 sec.] and Show Summary for " Mannie Garcia: The Photo That Sparked 'Hope' :...

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

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Via Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Podcast [25 min. 34 sec.] and Show Summary for " Shepard Fairey: Inspiration Or Infringement? ": ...

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

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OP-ED, Roy Blount, Jr., Via The New York Times: The Kindle Swindle? : "The Kindle 2 is a portable, wireless, paperback-size device ont...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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

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Via The New York Times: Jackson Browne vs. John McCain: Round 3 : "A legal dispute between Jackson Browne and Senator John McCain over...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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