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

More questions than answers on Google Books; CNet News, 8/29/09

Google's plan for world's biggest online library: philanthropy or act of piracy?, Observer, 8/30/09

OpEd: Pioneers such as Google need to be policed; Observer, 8/30/09

Google Book Search? Try Google Library; CBS News, 8/27/09

Librarians apply scrutiny to Google Books at Berkeley con; ZDNet Government, 8/27/09

Google Book Search - Is it The Last Library?; Register, 8/29/09

Google's One Million Books; Forbes, 8/28/09

Has Google Already Won The Book War?; Forbes, 8/26/09

Europe Seeks to Ease Rules for Putting Books Online ; New York Times, 8/28/09

Google brings dead books back into being; IrishTimes.com, 8/27/09

The New Rumpelstiltskin: Google Books; San Francisco Chronicle, 8/21/09

Open Books Alliance calls for investigation into Google Books Settlement; Information World Review, 8/25/09

Ownership of Unix Copyright Headed to Trial; New York Times, 8/24/09

Europe Divided on Google Book Deal; New York Times, 8/24/09

News Corp 'in talks on web news consortium'; Guardina, 8/21/09

Spain's magicians say television show that gives away secrets is a dirty trick; Guardian, 8/20/09

Google's book project faces growing opposition; Guardian, 8/19/09

Chinese Court Jails and Fines Pirates of Windows Software; New York Times, 8/22/09

Stephenie Meyer Sued for Copyright Infringement; New York Times, 8/22/09

Why is the Antitrust Division Investigating the Google Book Search Settlement?; Huffington Post, 8/19/09

Life in a Google Book Search World; Inside Higher Ed, 8/12/09

Microsoft, Yahoo Unite Against Google Book Search; InformationWeek, 8/21/09

Tech groups join fight against Google books; London Times, 8/21/09

Tech's Heavyweights Put Google's Books Deal In Crosshairs; Wall Street Journal, 8/21/09

Google Rivals Will Oppose Book Settlement; New York Times, 8/21/09

Murdoch closes paper as free news squeeze begins; CNN.com, 8/20/09

Major Objection to Google Book Search Settlement Is Filed; Publishers Weekly, 8/19/09

Lawyer and Author Adds His Objections to Settling the Google Book Lawsuit; New York Times, 8/19/09

More Pushback Against the Google Book Search Settlement; Library Journal, 8/11/09

National Writers Union Opposes Google Book Settlement; Wired.com's Epicenter, 8/13/09

Courts put DVD ripping on shaky ground; ZDNet.com, 8/14/09

Superman Creator's Heirs Win Rights to Early Stories; Am Law Litigation Daily, 8/14/09

Podcast: Lawrence Lessig "The Google Book Search Settlement: Static Good, Dynamic Bad?", Berkman workshop on the Google book search settlement,7/31/09

U.C. Professors Air Google Book Search Settlement Concerns; eWeek.com, 8/17/09

The Sincerest Form of Lawsuit Bait; New York Times, 8/16/09

Podcast [3 min. 44 sec.]: Google Deal With Publishers Raises Privacy Concerns; NPR, 8/13/09

More Seek Privacy from Google Book Search Settlement; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 8/14/09

The Audacity of the Google Book Search Settlement; Huffington Post, 8/10/09

After University of Kansas Approves Open Access, SPARC Pushes for More; Library Journal, 8/13/09

Textbook Publisher to Rent to College Students; New York Times, 8/14/09

Sony Plans to Adopt Common Format for E-Books; New York Times, 8/13/09

Op-Ed: Is Google playing by the book?; Christian Science Monitor, 8/7/09

As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks Are History; New York Times, 8/8/09