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/

Monday, January 31, 2011

A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/28/11

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Marc Parry, Chronicle of Higher Education; A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data : "Last week, a signif...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Young inventors prompt colleges to revamp rules; Associated Press, 1/24/11

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Associated Press; Young inventors prompt colleges to revamp rules : "Who owns the patents and copyrights when a student creates somethi...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Can Your Camera Phone Turn You Into a Pirate?; New York Times, 1/16/11

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Nick Bilton, New York Times; Can Your Camera Phone Turn You Into a Pirate? : "Charles Nesson, the Weld professor of law at Harvard Law ...

Playing catch-up in a digital library race; New York Times, 1/9/11

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Playing catch-up in a digital library race : "Lending libraries may have been the newfangled democratiz...

Obama Image Copyright Case Is Settled; New York Times, 1/12/11

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David W. Dunlap, New York Times; Obama Image Copyright Case Is Settled : "The Associated Press and the artist Shepard Fairey have settl...

[Podcast] Digital Music Sampling: Creativity Or Criminality?; Talk of the Nation, 1/28/11

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[Podcast] Talk of the Nation; Digital Music Sampling: Creativity Or Criminality? : "The advent of the sampler in the '80s brought ...

Fair use for poets, demystified; BoingBoing.net, 1/29/11

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Cory Doctorw, BoingBoing.net; Fair use for poets, demystified : "Pat [Aufderheide] from American University's Center for Social Med...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable; New York Times, 1/24/11

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Eric Pfanner, New York Times; Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable : ""We are at one of the most worrying stages yet for the ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Why Some Elite Colleges Give Away Courses Online; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/19/11

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Mark Parry, Chronicle of Higher Education; Why Some Elite Colleges Give Away Courses Online : "Q. Some of these projects are very popul...
Friday, January 21, 2011

In Twist, Jeff Koons Claims Rights to ‘Balloon Dogs; New York Times, 1/20/11

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Kate Taylor, New York Times; In Twist, Jeff Koons Claims Rights to ‘Balloon Dogs'" : "The artist Jeff Koons has developed a d...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Mattel Lawyer Accuses MGA Of Luring Bratz Designer; NPR/AP, 1/18/11

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NPR/AP; Mattel Lawyer Accuses MGA Of Luring Bratz Designer : "Toy rivals Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday began the se...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Fair Usage In Caribbean Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Watch, 1/16/11

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Abiola Inniss, Intellectual Property Watch; Fair Usage In Caribbean Intellectual Property : "At almost any time that the issue of intel...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Catcher in the Rye 'sequel' to be published; Guardian, 1/12/11

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Stephen Bates, Guardian; The Catcher in the Rye 'sequel' to be published : "Colting's lawyers were granted an appeal hearin...

[Podcast] Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination; On the Media, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] On the Media; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination : "On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. did what he’...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google; New York Times, 1/11/11

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James Kanter, New York Times; Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google : "Companies like Google that digitize artworks...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Library of Congress Gets a Mile of Music; New York Times, 1/10/11

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Larry Rohter, New York Times; Library of Congress Gets a Mile of Music : "Under the agreement negotiated during discussions that began ...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

The 373-Hit Wonder; New York Times, 1/9/11

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Zachary Lazar, New York Times; The 373-Hit Wonder : "You might expect that Girl Talk’s success has made Gillis a legal target. His soun...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Hip-Hop and Copyright Law in the [sic] Classroomleg; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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Ben Wieder, Chronicle of Higher Education; Hip-Hop and Copyright Law in the [sic] Classroomleg : "Kembrew McLeod’s youthful interest in...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Counting on Google Books; Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/16/10

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Geoffrey Nunberg, Chronicle of Higher Education; Counting on Google Books : "Scholars can't download the entire corpus right now, b...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

What Was 2010′s Most Pirated TV Show?; Spinoff Online, 12/31/10

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Graeme McMillan, Spinoff Online; What Was 2010′s Most Pirated TV Show ?:
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, ...
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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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