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/

Friday, December 31, 2010

E-Books Outsell Paper Books On Barnes & Noble's Online Store; AP/Huffington Post, 12/30/10

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AP/Huffinton Post; E-Books Outsell Paper Books On Barnes & Noble's Online Store : "Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursd...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Uncertainty About 'Fair Use' Is Hurting Academic and Research Libraries, ARL Report Says; Library Journal, 12/28/10

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Michael Kelley, Library Journal; Uncertainty About 'Fair Use' Is Hurting Academic and Research Libraries, ARL Report Says : "A...

Oracle Owed Interest by SAP in Infringement Case, Judge Rules; Bloomberg, 12/29/10

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Joel Rosenblatt, Bloomberg; Oracle Owed Interest by SAP in Infringement Case, Judge Rules : "Oracle Corp. must be paid interest on the ...

Righthaven responds to fair use defense in suit; Miami Herald, 12/27/10

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Miami Herald; Righthaven responds to fair use defense in suit : "A company suing websites on behalf of the owner of the Las Vegas Revie...

Looking at the cloud from both sides now; Los Angeles Times, 12/28/10

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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times; Looking at the cloud from both sides now : "I recognize that one can't "own" a Kindle...

GEMA Music Collection Society No Longer Will Let Kindergartens Get Away With Teaching Music For Free; TechDirt, 12/30/10

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com; GEMA Music Collection Society No Longer Will Let Kindergartens Get Away With Teaching Music For Free : "We...

Google Streamlining its Approach to Digital Copyright; Wired.com, 12/2/10

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Sam Gustin, Wired.com; Google Streamlining its Approach to Digital Copyright: "As the battle over intellectual property and online pira...

Top IP-Watch Stories Of 2010: Copyright Fights, ACTA, Medicines Access; Intellectual Property Watch, 12/30/10

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William New and Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; Top IP-Watch Stories Of 2010: Copyright Fights, ACTA, Medicines Access : "...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

50 Cent Named In NY Copyright Infringement Lawsuit; NPR, 12/15/10

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NPR; 50 Cent Named In NY Copyright Infringement Lawsuit: "Lawyers for Tyrone Simmons, an Atlanta rapper who goes by "Caliber,...

Viacom Replays Copyright Claims In YouTube Appeal; NPR, 12/3/10

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NPR; Viacom Replays Copyright Claims In YouTube Appeal : "Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, is trying to r...

[Podcast] They Say That I Stole This; NPR's On the Media, 12/24/10

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NPR's On the Media; They Say That I Stole This : "Twenty years ago a series of lawsuits criminalized the hip-hop sampling of artist...

Watch out Big Content—RapidShare has hired a lobbying firm; ArsTechnica.com, 12/28/10

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Matthew Lasar, ArsTechnica.com; Watch out Big Content—RapidShare has hired a lobbying firm : "The registration form that RapidShare fil...

Cheaters Find an Adversary in Technology; New York Times, 12/28/10

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Trip Gabriel, New York Times; Cheaters Find an Adversary in Technology : "For the Law School Admission Council, which administers the L...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Creative Cocktail: A Guest Post; New York Times, 12/23/10

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New York Times; The Creative Cocktail: A Guest Post : "Kal Raustiala, a professor at UCLA Law School and the UCLA International Institu...

Porn site: publicizing takedown notices is copyright infringement; ArsTechnica.com, 12/23/10

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David Kravets, ArsTechinca.com; Porn site: publicizing takedown notices is copyright infringement : "...Perfect 10 alleges Google’s for...

[Editorial] China and Intellectual Property; New York Times, 12/24/10

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[Editorial] New York Times; China and Intellectual Property : "The United States has made some progress at the World Trade Organization...

Avatar Tops List as Most Pirated Movie of 2010; Tech Week, 12/25/10

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Tech Week; Avatar Tops List as Most Pirated Movie of 2010 : "According to a file-sharing blog, the classic blockbuster Avatar has turne...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Split Decision Settles Few Questions in Supreme Court Copyright Case; Library Journal, 12/16/10

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Josh Hadro, Library Journal; Split Decision Settles Few Questions in Supreme Court Copyright Case : "What happens to library acquisitio...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

US Ambassador: Over-Focus On Development “Will Kill” WIPO; Intellectual Property Watch, 12/17/10

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William New, Intellectual Property Watch; US Ambassador: Over-Focus On Development “Will Kill” WIPO : "There are two sides to the argum...

School librarians: Headed for the history books?; Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12/11/10

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Daarel Burnette II, Minneapolis Star Tribune; School librarians: Headed for the history books? : ""Everything has been impacted b...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Funk Legend George Clinton Sues the Black Eyed Peas for alleged Copyright Infringement, Entertainment Weekly, 12/14/10

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Brad Wete, Entertainment Weekly; Funk Legend George Clinton Sues the Black Eyed Peas for alleged Copyright Infringement : "Parliament ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

No harm, no foul? P2P user says $1.5M award should be zeroed out; ArsTechnica.com, 12/8/10

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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica.com; No harm, no foul? P2P user says $1.5M award should be zeroed out : "Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the first US ...

Koslowski’s Lament; Eye on Comics, 12/8/10

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Don MacPherson, Eye on Comics; Koslowski’s Lament : "An independent comics creator in the United States who won a copyright-infringemen...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Wikileaks cables reveal that the US wrote Spain's proposed copyright law; BoingBoing.net, 12/3/10

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Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net; Wikileaks cables reveal that the US wrote Spain's proposed copyright law : "Spain's Congress is ...

Is it time for term limits for the Copyright Office's Register?; ArsTechnica.com, 12/7/10

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Matthew Lasar, ArsTechnica.com; Is it time for term limits for the Copyright Office's Register? : ""The discussions surroundin...

MPAA Sends Letter to Thousands of Colleges About Copyright Rules; Wired Campus, 12/6/10

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Jeff Young, Wired Campus; MPAA Sends Letter to Thousands of Colleges About Copyright Rules : "The Motion Picture Association of America...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

US Online Counterfeit Crackdown Has Industry Beaming; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/29/10

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Intellectual Property Watch; US Online Counterfeit Crackdown Has Industry Beaming : "In a move aimed to protect domestic intellectual p...

U.S. Government Seizes 82 Websites: A Glimpse at the Draconian Future of Copyright Enforcement?; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 11/29/10

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Corynne McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation; U.S. Government Seizes 82 Websites: A Glimpse at the Draconian Future of Copyright Enforce...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Google's bookstore may launch in time for the holidays; ArsTechnica.com, 12/1/10

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John Timmer, ArsTechnica.com; Google's bookstore may launch in time for the holidays : "Google's settlement with book copyright...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Why is the Department of Homeland Security shutting down popular rap sites?; Entertainment Weekly, 11/30/10

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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Entertainment Weekly; Why is the Department of Homeland Security shutting down popular rap sites? : "Last week, ...
Monday, November 29, 2010

Feds seize 82 domains accused of selling counterfeit goods; ArsTechnica.com, 11/29/10

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Matthew Lasar, ArsTechnica.com; Feds seize 82 domains accused of selling counterfeit goods : "The Department of Justice has obtained se...

Supreme Court Won’t Hear RIAA File Sharing Case; Wired.com, 11/29/10

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David Kravets, Wired.com; Supreme Court Won’t Hear RIAA File Sharing Case : "The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the first R...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown; New York Times, 11/27/10

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Michael Sisario, New York Times; U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown : "In announcing that operation, John T. Morton, the ass...

U.S. seizes sites linked to copyright infringement; CNet News, 10/26/10

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Steven Musil, CNet News; U.S. seizes sites linked to copyright infringement : "The U.S. government has launched a major crackdown on on...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Murdoch wins two copyright actions; (London) Guardian, 11/25/10

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Roy Greenslade, (London) Guardian; Murdoch wins two copyright actions : http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/nov/25/rupert-murdoc...

Swedish Court Upholds Convictions in File-Sharing Case; New York Times, 11/26/10

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New York Times via Associated Press; Swedish Court Upholds Convictions in File-Sharing Case : "The Svea Appeals Court agreed with a low...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Can We Create a National Digital Library?; New York Review of Books, 10/28/10

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Robert Darnton, New York Review of Books; Can We Create a National Digital Library?: " The following talk was given at the opening of a...

Nevada court hits copyright troll with Fair Use surprise; ArsTechnica.com, 11/24/10

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Matthew Lasar, ArsTechnica.com; Nevada court hits copyright troll with Fair Use surprise : "A Nevada judge has given copyright troll Ri...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

What do we want copyright to do?; (London) Guardian, 11/23/10

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Cory Doctorow, (London) Guardian; What do we want copyright to do?: Without posing this question, asking whether intellectual property laws...

French authors' body warns over Google-Hachette deal; (London) Guardian, 11/22/10

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Benedicte Page, (London) Guardian; French authors' body warns over Google-Hachette deal : La Sociéte des Gens de Lettres de France advis...

French publishing giants cave in to Google's great copyright heist; (London) Guardian, 11/22/10

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Robert McCrrum, (London) Guardian; French publishing giants cave in to Google's great copyright heist : With Hachette opening up its arc...

SAP Ordered to Pay Oracle $1.3 Billion; New York Times, 11/24/10

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Verne G. Kopytoff, New York Times; SAP Ordered to Pay Oracle $1.3 Billion : "A clash of technology titans and two of the most powerful ...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Sarah Palin Book Excerpts Must Be Removed From Gawker, Judge Rules; HuffingtonPost.com, 11/20/10

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Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com; Sarah Palin Book Excerpts Must Be Removed From Gawker, Judge Rules : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Sarah Palin Is Mad at Us for Leaking Pages From Her Book; Gawker, 11/18/10

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Gawker; Sarah Palin Is Mad at Us for Leaking Pages From Her Book : http://gawker.com/5693797/sarah-palin-is-mad-at-us-for-leaking-pages-from...

Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts; Associated Press, 11/20/10

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Associated Press; Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts : "The lawsuit asks that Gawker be banned from what it terms ...

Global Copyright Reform: A View From The South In Response To Lessig; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/12/10

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Ahmed Abdel Latif, Intellectual Property Watch; Global Copyright Reform: A View From The South In Response To Lessig : "Global copyrigh...

Lessig Calls For WIPO To Lead Overhaul Of Copyright System; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/5/10

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Kaitlin Mara, Intellectual Property Watch; Lessig Calls For WIPO To Lead Overhaul Of Copyright System : "Influential copyright scholar ...

WIPO Copyright Committee Agrees To Extra Time On Visually Impaired Access; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/15/10

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Kaitlin Mara, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO Copyright Committee Agrees To Extra Time On Visually Impaired Access : "The World Intel...

WIPO Copyright Committee In Fight To Overcome Differences On Exceptions, Limitations; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/12/10

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Kaitlin Mara, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO Copyright Committee In Fight To Overcome Differences On Exceptions, Limitations : "On t...

Twain's private wish a copyright conundrum; Sydney Morning Herald, 11/11/10

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George Croft and Natalie Hickey, Sydney Morning Herald; Twain's private wish a copyright conundrum : "Enter another avenue for prot...
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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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