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

Psystar Loses Big To Apple; Tech Dirt, 11/16/09

Ruling for Apple against Psystar means clone-makers have no legal recourse; Guardian, 11/14/09

NZ left out of revised $US125m Google Books deal; National Business Review, 11/16/09

Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions; New York Times, 11/15/09

New Economics Paper Explains How Shorter Copyright Stimulates More Music; TechDirt, 11/13/09

Newspaper Industry Lawyers Attack Fair Use, Claim Google Is Illegal; TechDirt, 11/13/09

[OpEd] Google and the Copyright Wars; Wall Street Journal, 11/13/09

[Court Document] Revised Google Book Search settlement, submitted to court 11/14/09

Revised Google Settlement Offers Minor Changes on Antitrust Issue, No Response on Library Pricing; Library Journal, 11/14/09

Terms of Digital Book Deal With Google Revised; New York Times, 11/14/09

Google, Plaintiffs Submit Revised Book Search Settlement; PC World, 11/14/09

Singing a different tune; Economist, 11/12/09

My next book; Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, 11/03/09

Serbia's New Draft Copyright Law - A Partial Diff; Copyright Watch, 11/12/09

Europe split on Google book plans; BBC News, 11/13/09

Google, book publishers to reveal new settlement; Associated Press, 11/13/09

Copyright laws must fit online evolution; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/11/09

Google Battles For Book Rights; Forbes, 11/12/09

Ebook entrepreneur Neil Jones takes on the big guys; Guardian, 11/12/09

Closing chapter of Google Books saga near; CNet, 11/09/09

Judge Rules Shepard Fairey Can Get New Lawyer; New York Times, 11/10/09

As Hollywood Insists Canada Is A Den Of Copyright Thieves, Movie Business Is Thriving; TechDirt, 11/11/09

What is Acta and what should I know about it?; Guardian, 11/11/09

The ACTA Internet provisions: DMCA goes worldwide; Ars Technica, 11/08/09

An 'Aha Moment' About Ridiculous Trademarks, As Oprah And Mutual Of Omaha Fight Over 'Aha Moment'; TechDirt, 11/10/09

Murdoch threatens to sue BBC; Guardian, 11/10/09

For whom the net tolls; Guardian, 11/10/09

Google, Plaintiffs Blow Book Search Settlement Deadline; PC World, 11/09/09

Murdoch could block Google searches entirely; Guardian, 11/09/09

Fears copyright trade agreement could criminalise the internet; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/10/09

French Publisher Sues Google Over Book Project; American Lawyer, via Law.com, 11/06/09

Thinking About Real Copyright Reform; TechDirt, 11/06/09

Beatles catalog is temporarily banned from music website BlueBeat; LA Times,

James Joyce Estate Agrees to Pay Plaintiff's Fees in Fair Use Dispute; National Law Journal, via Law.com, 9/30/09

EU agrees on Internet, telecoms user rights; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/6/09

Judge orders US music website to drop Beatles songs; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/6/09

Why Do Canada And Europe Copyright Money?; TechDirt, 11/5/09

Meet the Beatles... re-recording? Bluebeat claims its downloads are legal; Guardian, 11/5/09

Seamstress takes on might of Chanel over crochet pattern; Guardian, 11/6/09

Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.; Boing Boing, 11/3/09

The Global Antitrust Battle Over Google's Library; Time, 10/31/09

EMI sues US music website over Beatles tunes; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/5/09

Lawyers sue, men plunder; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/2/09

Stormtrooper battle returns to British courts; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/4/09

Google seeks to turn a profit from YouTube copyright clashes; Guardian, 11/1/09