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

Judge Sets Schedule in Case Over Google’s Digital Library; New York Times, 9/15/11

In Authors' Suit Against Libraries, an Attempt to Wrest Back Some Control Over Digitized Works; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/14/11

Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection; New York Times, 12/12/11

Authors Guild Sues HathiTrust and 5 Universities Over Digitized Books; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/12/11

Musicians win copyright extension to 70 years; Guardian, 9/12/11

IFRRO: Collective Management For Orphan Works; Intellectual Property Watch, 9/8/11

Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg's e-book loving founder, passes away; ArsTechnica.com, 9/8/11

HathiTrust's Growth Strategy: Full-Text Search Coming to WorldCat and EBSCO Discovery Service; Library Journal, 9/8/11

JSTOR Announces Free Access to 500K Public Domain Journal Articles; Library Journal, 9/7/11

Still A Long Way To Go For Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; Intellectual Property Watch, 9/8/11

The Common Sense of the Fair-Use Doctrine; Chronicle of Higher Education, 8/21/11

O.K., Downloaders, Let’s Try This Song Again; New York Times, 9/3/11

Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist; Guardian, 8/29/11

UK Copyright Modernisation Effort Picks Up Steam; Intellectual Property Watch, 8/31/11

The Copyright Nightmare of "I Have a Dream"; Mother Board, 8/29/11

[Press Release] Universities Band Together To Join Orphan Works Project; Cornell University Library, 8/24/11

Legislator Calls for Clarifying Copyright Law; New York Times, 8/28/11

In France, Publisher and Google Reach Deal; New York Times, 8/25/11

$600K Grant to Fund Indiana University-Led HathiTrust Text-Mining Project; Library Journal, 8/12/11

A Village Person Tests the Copyright Law; New York Times, 8/16/11

Jack Kirby Estate Files Appeal in Marvel Superhero Lawsuit (Exclusive); Hollywood Reporter, 8/15/11

Gunning for the copyright reformers; Guardian, 8/15/11

How the internet has all but destroyed the market for films, music and newspapers; Observer via Guardian, 8/14/11

Don Henley Urges Artists to Know Their Rights; New York Times, 8/16/11

Record Industry Braces for Artists’ Battles Over Song Rights; New York Times, 8/15/11

Universities Join Together to Support Open-Access Policies; Chronicle of Higher Education, Wired Campus, 8/2/11

Court Ruling Says Marvel Holds Rights, Not an Artist; New York Times, 7/28/11

The Empire Strikes Out: Artist Prevails in British Suit Over ‘Star Wars’ Costumes; New York Times, 7/27/11

Mike Batt: my greatest mistake; Guardian, 7/29/11

Marvel Wins Copyrights Over Kirby Heirs; ComicBookResources.com, 7/28/11

Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist And Arranger, Has Died; NPR's Morning Edition, 7/26/11

Judge Urges Settlement In Google Books Case; Wall Street Journal, 7/20/11

Open Information Activist Indicted for Allegedly Stealing Millions of JSTOR Articles; Library Journal, 7/19/11

Judge calls $1.5M file-sharing judgment "appalling," slashes to $54,000; ArsTechnica.com, 7/23/11

Parliament Study: ACTA Not Fully In Line With EU Rules; Intellectual Property Watch, 7/20/11

Why I'm Not Going Near Spotify (and Why You Shouldn't Either); Harvard Business Review, 7/22/11

Celine Dion shuts down parody website; Guardian, 7/22/11

[Obituary] Sherwood Schwartz obituary; Guardian, 7/14/11

French copyright cops: we're swamped with "three strikes" complaints; ArsTechnica.com, 7/15/11

[Editorial] A New Try at Curbing Piracy; New York Times, 6/16/11

[Podcast] Congress, Copyright and Monkeys; On the Media, 7/15/11

Designers Revisit Copyright Protection; New York Times, 7/15/11

Youth-Culture Photographer Ryan McGinley Sued for Copyright Violation; New York Times, 7/13/11

To Slow Piracy, Internet Providers Ready Penalties; New York Times, 7/7/11

[Podcast] Q&A: Kirby Ferguson; On the Media, 7/1/11

Ericsson Recognizes That 'Piracy' Isn't The Problem, But A Symptom Of Failed Business Models; TechDirt.com, 7/1/11

The Fans Own the Magic; New York Times, 7/1/11

Google may be poised to bid for Hulu; Los Angeles Times, 7/2/11

Rebecca Black pulls ‘Friday’ from YouTube; Washington Post, 6/17/11

Newspaper chain fights for copyright troll's survival; ArsTechnica.com, 7/1/11