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/

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Tata to sue Greenpeace over turtle game; (London) Guardian, 7/26/10

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Adam Vaughan, (London) Guardian; Tata to sue Greenpeace over turtle game: Indian manufacturing giant is suing for use of its logo in a spoof...
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Judge rules Dark Ages Spawn, Domina and Tiffany are derivative characters; ComicBookResources.com, 7/31/10

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Kevin Melrose, ComicBookResources.com; Judge rules Dark Ages Spawn, Domina and Tiffany are derivative characters : "A federal judge has...

Watch Out For the Omega Copyright Windup; Wall Street Journal, 7/30/10

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Eric Felten, Wall Street Journal; Watch Out For the Omega Copyright Windup: A case about pricing timepieces could crimp library lending : ...

Copy Fight; Reason, 7/27/10

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Greg Beato, Reason; Copy Fight : A new front opens in the battle over online copyright infringement : "Since 2003, Clayton Cramer, an a...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The Day of the Jackal; Economist, Prospero Blog, 7/27/10

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Economist, Prospero Blog; The Day of the Jackal : "ANDREW WYLIE is a famously shrewd literary agent, having acquired his nickname, “The...
Monday, July 26, 2010

Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are "fair use"; ArsTechnica.com, 7/26/10

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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica.com; Apple loses big in DRM ruling: jailbreaks are "fair use" : "Every three years, the Library of...

iPhone 'Jailbreaking' Legal Under New Government Rules; Huffington Post, 7/26/10

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Joelle Tessler, Huffington Post; iPhone 'Jailbreaking' Legal Under New Government Rules : "Owners of the iPhone will be able to...

Surprising New DMCA Exceptions: Jailbreaking Smartphones, Noncommercial Videos Somewhat Allowed; TechDirt.com, 7/26/10

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com; Surprising New DMCA Exceptions: Jailbreaking Smartphones, Noncommercial Videos Somewhat Allowed : "Well her...

Online Course Construction Gets a 'Do-It-Yourself' Web Site; Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/23/10

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Sophia Li, Chronicle of Higher Education; Online Course Construction Gets a 'Do-It-Yourself' Web Site : "A new player entered t...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Wylie's Amazon deal brings the end of the publishing world nigh; (London) Guardian, 7/23/10

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Richard Lea, (London) Guardian; Wylie's Amazon deal brings the end of the publishing world nigh: News that power-broking agent Andrew Wy...

Celebrated authors bypass publishing houses to sell ebooks via Amazon; (London) Guardian, 7/22/10

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Alison Flood, (London) Guardian; Celebrated authors bypass publishing houses to sell ebooks via Amazon: Discontent over digital royalties pr...

Comic-Con Program; Comics and Digital Piracy, 7/25/10

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Comic-Con Program; Comics and Digital Piracy : " Just about every comic book is now available online within hours of its release in sto...

Comic-Con Program; Comic Book Law School 303: Oh, And Another Thing, 7/24/10

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Comic-Con Program; Comic Book Law School 303: Oh, And Another Thing : " Noted attorney Michael Lovitz, author of the sold-out The Trade...

Comic-Con Program; Comic Book Law School: Hot Topics, 7/23/10

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Comic-Con Program; Comic Book Law School: Hot Topics : " Another year, another round of (legal) Hot Topics as a panel of knowledgeable ...

Comic-Con Program: Comic Book Law School 202: Greed Is Good...Or Is It?, 7/23/10

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Comic-Con Program; Comic Book Law School 202: Greed Is Good...Or Is It? : "Noted attorney Michael Lovitz, author of the acclaimed The T...

Comic-Con Program: Recapturing Copyright for Gold and Silver Age Comic Book Creators, 7/22/10

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Comic-Con Program; Recapturing Copyright for Gold and Silver Age Comic Book Creators : "Copyright lawyer Marc Greenberg (Golden Gate Un...

Comic-Con Program: Comic Book Law School 101: Start Your (Creative) Engines!, 7/22/10

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Comic-Con Program; Comic Book Law School 101: Start Your (Creative) Engines! : "Any racer will tell you that the key to winning is prep...

Superheros [sic] Tangle in Copyright Battles; New York Times, 7/23/10

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Michael Cieply, New York Times; Superheros [sic] Tangle in Copyright Battles : "Lawyers on a Friday afternoon panel at Comic-Con were s...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Crown Copyright Strikes Again: Documents Revealed Under Freedom Of Information Act Can Infringe On Copyright?; TechDirt.com, 7/23/10

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com; Crown Copyright Strikes Again: Documents Revealed Under Freedom Of Information Act Can Infringe On Copyright? : ...

German court overturns injunction against RapidShare; ArsTechnica.com, 7/23/10

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Jacqui Cheng, ArsTechnica.com; German court overturns injunction against RapidShare : "File sharing service RapidShare doesn't have...

Only 0.3% of files on BitTorrent confirmed to be legal; ArsTechnica.com, 7/23/10

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Jacqui Cheng, ArsTechnica.com; Only 0.3% of files on BitTorrent confirmed to be legal : "The large majority of content found on BitTorr...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Yeeeehaw! Naked Cowboy, Cowgirl in Federal Court Standoff; Wall Street Journal, 7/22/10

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Clifford Marks, Wall Street Journal; Yeeeehaw! Naked Cowboy, Cowgirl in Federal Court Standoff : "Our favorite naked, litigious cowboy ...

Bratz Dolls Breathe Again After Stunning Ninth Circuit Reversal; Wall Street Journal, 7/22/10

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Ashby Jones, Wall Street Journal; Bratz Dolls Breathe Again After Stunning Ninth Circuit Reversal : "Wowza. It’s been a while since we ...

Bratz dolls maker wins appeal against Mattel; Los Angeles Times, 7/22/10

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Carol Williams and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times; Bratz dolls maker wins appeal against Mattel : MGA Entertainment violated Mattel's c...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Copright [sic] issue forces South Africa to ponder life after Bafana Bafana; (London) Guardian, 7/22/10

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(London) Guardian; Copright [sic] issue forces South Africa to ponder life after Bafana Bafana : "The South African national side might...

Scanlation giant One Manga is shutting down; ComicBookResources.com, 7/22/10

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Kevin Melrose, ComicBookResources.com; Scanlation giant One Manga is shutting down : "One Manga, the largest scanlation aggregator and ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Alleged New ACTA Draft Text Leaked; Intellectual Property Watch, 7/14/10

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Intellectual Property Watch; Alleged New ACTA Draft Text Leaked : "The latest text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) re...

Next wave of Far Cry torrent lawsuits incoming; ArsTechnica.com, 7/19/10

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Matthew Lasar, ArsTechnica.com; Next wave of Far Cry torrent lawsuits incoming : "Looks like that small battalion of attorneys who...

File sharers targeted with legal action over music downloads; (London) Guardian, 7/17/10

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Miles Brignall, (London) Guardian; File sharers targeted with legal action over music downloads: Lawyers for Ministry of Sound and other mus...

E-Books Top Hardcovers at Amazon; New York Times, 7/20/10

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Claire Cain Miller, New York Times; E-Books Top Hardcovers at Amazon : "Monday was a day for the history books — if those will even exi...
Monday, July 19, 2010

[Podcast] Newspaper of the Future; NPR's On the Media, 7/16/10

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; Newspaper of the Future : "News existed before newsprint. Will it exist after? Of course, according t...

[Podcast] Is Hyperlocal the Future of News?; NPR's On the Media, 7/16/10

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; Is Hyperlocal the Future of News?: "One school of thought says that news organizations are best equip...

[Podcast] Google's Quest to Save Newspapers; NPR's On the Media, 7/16/10

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; Google's Quest to Save Newspapers : "The Atlantic’s James Fallows wrote recently : “Everyone know...

[Podcast] Should Newspapers Charge for Content Online?; NPR's On the Media, 7/16/10

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; Should Newspapers Charge for Content Online? : "Should newspapers put up paywalls? Pro-paywallers , l...

A copyright ruling no one can like; CNetNews.com, 7/13/10

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Greg Sandoval, CNetNews.com; A copyright ruling no one can like : "Legal experts sympathetic to copyright owners as well as those known...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Panel: Copyright Needed In Music, But Should Benefit Musicians; Intellectual Property Watch, 7/12/10

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Kaitlin Mara, Intellectual Property Watch; Panel: Copyright Needed In Music, But Should Benefit Musicians : "Copyright is critical to t...

Librarians Go Gaga: 9 Of The Funniest Library Videos Ever; HuffingtonPost.com, 7/16/10

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Caroline Eisenmann, HuffingtonPost.com; Librarians Go Gaga: 9 Of The Funniest Library Videos Ever : "We all love our local library. Big...
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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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