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/

Justin Bieber: Klobuchar should be 'locked up'; Star Tribune, 10/28/11

E-PARASITE Bill: 'The End Of The Internet As We Know It'; TechDirt.com, 10/27/11

A Store of Images, From a Time When ‘Cut and Paste’ Meant Just That; New York Times, 10/30/11

How to Reform Copyright; Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/9/11

A National Digital Public Library Begins to Take Shape; Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/25/11

The case for piracy; ABC, 10/20/11

U.S. Copyright Office Outlines "Priorities and Special Projects"; Publishers Weekly, 10/26/11

Sylvester Stallone faces lawsuit over Expendables plot; Guardian, 10/27/11

The Digital Death of Copyright's First Sale Doctrine; Freedom to Tinker, 10/11/11

Rihanna and David LaChapelle settle lawsuit over S&M video; Guardian, 10/20/11

Kanye West, Jay-Z Sued Over Uncleared 'Throne' Sample; Billboard, 10/18/11

[Op-Ed] The Public Domain; New York Times, 10/11/11

Kookaburra Sitting Pretty in That Old Gum Tree as Court Upholds Copyright Ruling; New York Times, 10/7/11

Copyright Law Challenged; Wall Street Journal, 10/6/11

In Supreme Court Argument, a Rock Legend Plays a Role; New York Times, 10/5/11

[Op Ed] Will Copyright Stifle Hollywood?; New York Times, 10/4/11

NinjaVideo "queen" cops to copyright infringement, admits $200,000 in earnings; ArsTechnica.com, 9/30/11

Caving to Washington? "Canadian DMCA" expected to pass; ArsTechnica.com, 9/30/11

Princeton U. Adopts Open-Access Policy; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/29/11

On the Docket; New York Times, 10/1/11

Court Allows Richard Prince to Appeal Copyright Decision; New York Times, 9/15/11

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