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

Podcast: NPR's Fresh Air; The New Price Point? 'Free'; 7/8/09

Special Report: Swedish Author’s Take On The Catcher In The Rye Copyright Case; Intellectual Property Watch, 7/10/09

Obama Poster Photographer Says He Owns the Picture; New York Times, 7/15/09

Google Image Search Plays Nice with Creative Commons for Bloggers; eWeek.com, 7/10/09

European Publishers Call on E.U. to Protect Copyright; New York Times, 7/9/09

U. of Wisconsin, U. of Texas Expand Their Agreements With Google; Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wired Campus, 7/9/09

[University of Texas] Libraries and Google Amend Book Search Agreement; University of Texas at Austin, 7/9/09

Court Rules DC & WB Didn't Violate Superman Licensing Agreement w/ Siegels; ComicBooksResources.com, 7/9/09

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

Music Labels Reach Online Royalty Deal; New York Times, 7/7/09

Science moves from the stacks to the Web; print too pricey; Ars Technica, 7/6/09

Video: Land Down Under ripoff claim; Sydney Morning Herald, 6/24/09

Authors throw the book at pirates; Sydney Morning Herald, 6/8/09

Phone ringtones a "public performance"? EFF, AT&T say no; Ars Technica, 7/2/09

Two pop thinkers and their fight about zero; Times Online, 7/1/09

Arizona State Sued Over Kindle E-Textbook Usage; Library Journal, 7/2/09

Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) Reintroduced in Senate; Library Journal, 7/2/09

District Court Bans 'Catcher In The Rye' Sequel; Since When Did The US Ban Books?; TechDirt, 7/2/09

Jammie Thomas Decides To Appeal Constitutionality Of $1.92 Million Damages Award; TechDirt, 7/2/09

U.S. Confirms Investigation of Google Books Deal; New York Times, 7/2/09

Justice Department Formalizes Probe of Google Books Settlement; Wired, 7/2/09

DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search; PC World, 7/2/09

Holden Caulfield Stays Young: Salinger Wins Copyright Suit; Wall Street Journal Law Blog, 7/1/09

Intersting development in Georgia State case; Scholarly Communications @ Duke Blog, 7/1/09

Ruling for Salinger, Judge Bans ‘Rye’ Sequel; New York Times, 7/1/09

Buyer of Pirate Bay, a File-Sharing Site, Plans to Go Legal; New York Times, 7/1/09

Supreme Court Allows Wider DVR Use; New York Times, 6/30/09

Software Firm Buys Swedish File-Sharing Site; New York Times, 6/30/09

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

Google Book Search Bibliography; Charles W. Bailey, Jr., 6/29/09

Blount Says Orphan Works No Reason to Block Google Settlement; Benefits Touted; Publishers Weekly, 6/25/09

Should There Be A Penalty For Falsely Claiming Copyright Over Public Domain Material?; TechDirt, 6/26/09

Is It Time for RealNetworks to Switch Gears?; New York Times, 6/28/09

Copyfraud: Poisoning the public domain; The Register, 6/26/09

Into the Fray; New York Times Book Review, 6/19/09

RIAA Claims Jammie Thomas Jury Is A Representative Sample Of Views On File Sharing; TechDirt, 6/25/09

Authors Guild defends Google Books settlement; L.A. Times, 6/25/09

What's next for Jammie Thomas-Rasset?; Ars Technica, 6/21/09

How Good (or Not Evil) Is Google?; New York Times, 6/22/09

Universities Cope with New Anti-Piracy Requirement; Network World, 6/15/09

Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing; TechDirt, 6/19/09

Federal Judge Mulls Copyright Status for Salinger's Holden Caulfield; Law.com, 6/18/09

Music-Pirate Mom Shown No Love By Jury To Tune Of $1.9 M; NPR's Two Way Blog, 6/19/09

Bankruptcy could protect Jammie Thomas; CNet News, 6/19/09

Big music file-sharing penalties getting tuned out; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/20/09

US publication of book delayed in Salinger dispute; Associated Press, 6/17/09