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/

Disability Group Boosts Google Book Search; Wired's Epicenter, 8/7/09

Library Organizations Urge DoJ To Take Proactive Role in Google Book Search Settlement; Library Journal, 8/6/09

Men at Work loses first stage of copyright lawsuit; Boston Globe, 7/30/09

New Entry in E-Books a Paper Tiger; New York Times, 8/6/09

Students Reach Settlement in Turnitin Suit; Chronicle of Higher Education's Wired Campus, 8/3/09

Free culture or "digital barbarism"? A novelist on copyright; Ars Technica, 8/4/09

New petition demands an end to Kindle DRM, faces long odds; Ars Technica, 8/4/09

Copyright Fight Over Famous Wall Street Bull Statue; Tech Dirt, 8/5/09

Sony to Cut E-Book Prices and Offer New Readers; New York Times, 8/5/09

Stephenie Meyer's publisher denies 'Breaking Dawn' plagiarism claim; Entertainment Weekly, 8/4/09

Press Release: Library Groups Advise DOJ on Proposed Google Book Search Settlement; Association of Research Libraries, 7/30/09

Google pushes for new law on orphan books; CNet News, 7/31/09

Op-Ed: Nancy Sinatra; New York Times, 8/4/09

Podcast [7 min. 56 sec.]: $675K fine for music downloads; CNN, 8/4/09

The Google Book Settlement and the Fair Use Counterfactual; Social Science Research Network, 7/22/09

In a Mermaid Statue, Danes Find Something Rotten in State of Michigan; Wall Street Journal, 7/27/09

Copyright Cops Go After Town For Creating Little Mermaid Statue; Tech Dirt, 7/31/09

Will Google Book Search Settlement Increase Access for Underserved Communities?; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 7/31/09

Op-Ed: New York Times: Swan Songs?, 7/31/09

Oy Tenenbaum! RIAA wins $675,000, or $22,500 per song; Ars Technica, 7/31/09

My Kindle ate my homework: lawsuit filed over 1984 deletion; Ars Technica, 7/31/09

Amazon sued over Kindle deletion of Orwell books; Yahoo News, 7/31/09

Hollywood Still Thinks That The Industry Needs DRM; Tech Dirt, 7/30/09

Judge: Tenenbaum guilty of copyright infringement; Ars Technica, 7/30/09

Tenenbaum takes the stand: I used P2P and lied about it; Ars Technica, 7/30/09

CDT Releases Privacy Recommendations Report for Google Book Service; Center for Technology and Democracy, 7/27/09

Podcast: Helprin on Copyright; Econ Talk

Civil Rights Activists Champion Google Book Deal; PC World, 7/29/09

At NYPL, No “Smackdown” This Time As Panel Pushes For Google Book Search Settlement; Publishers Weekly, 7/29/09

Tenenbaum lawyer admits liability; damages now main issue; Ars Technica, 7/29/09

Big Content: ludicrous to expect DRMed music to work forever; Ars Technica, 7/29/09

Op-Ed: Google's Big Plan for Books; New York Times, 7/29/09

A New Page; New Yorker, 8/3/09

With Software, The A.P. Takes on Digital Piracy of Articles; New York Times, 7/23/09

Organizations Urge Google To Ensure Privacy Protection in Book Search; Library Journal, 7/28/09

An Open Workshop at Harvard Law School: 7/31/09; Alternative Approaches to Open Digital Libraries in the Shadow of the Google Book Search Settlement

Podcast: Google's Alexander Macgillivray on the Google Book Search Settlement; YouTube, 7/21/09

Judge rejects fair use defense as Tenenbaum P2P trial begins; Ars Technica, 7/27/09

Amazon Faces a Fight Over Its E-Books; New York Times, 7/27/09

Google Books causes concern; Boston Globe, 7/24/09

Cracking Down, Antitrust Chief Hits Resistance; New York Times, 7/25/09

Author Appeals Injunction Against Salinger Sequel; New York Times Arts Beat Blog, 7/24/09

AP setting up tracking system for Web content; Associated Press, 7/23/09

ALA Conference 2009: From the Harry Potter Case to the Right to Write Fund; Library Journal, 7/22/09

The Restless Giant (Lawsuit); James Grimmelmann's Laboratorium Blog, 7/23/09

Expanding Access to Books: Implications of the Google Books Settlement Agreement; MIT PressLog, 7/23/09

The Google Books settlement and privacy: frequently asked questions; Inside Google Books Blog, 7/23/09

Legal advocates push for Google Books privacy; CNet News, 7/23/09

Amazon Chief Says Erasing Orwell Books Was ‘Stupid’; New York Times Bits Blog, 7/23/09

10 sites to help you navigate the new world of music; CNN.com, 7/23/09