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, November 28, 2011

[Book Review of Robert Levine's "Free Ride"] Inconspicuous Consumption; New York Times, 11/25/11

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[Book Review of Robert Levine's "Free Ride"] New York Times; Inconspicuous Consumption : "In “Free Ride,” a book that s...

SOPA Opponents' Bogus Net Neutrality Comparisons; Forbes, 11/28/11

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Scott Cleland, Forbes; SOPA Opponents' Bogus Net Neutrality Comparisons : "In sum, net neutrality and stopping online piracy are ...

[Editorial] Piracy vs. an open Internet; Los Angeles Times, 11/25/11

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[Editorial] Los Angeles Times; Piracy vs. an open Internet : "Although much of Silicon Valley is up in arms about the House bill, the...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

[Editorial ] Going After the Pirates; New York Times, 11/26/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; Going After the Pirates : "The bill should be made to stipulate clearly that all of its provisions are ai...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Penguin Restores Kindle Lending, but Still Not Providing Digital Editions of New Titles; The Digital Shift, 11/23/11

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Michael Kelley, The Digital Shift; Penguin Restores Kindle Lending, but Still Not Providing Digital Editions of New Titles : "Penguin...

Librarians Face Patrons Unhappy With Penguin Policy Change; ALA Condemns Ebook Decision; The Digital Shift, 11/22/11

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Michael Kelley, The Digital Shift; Librarians Face Patrons Unhappy With Penguin Policy Change; ALA Condemns Ebook Decision : "Todd Fe...

European Court Rejects Call for I.S.P.’s to Curb Illegal File Sharing; New York Times, 11/24/11

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Eric Pfanner, New York Times; European Court Rejects Call for I.S.P.’s to Curb Illegal File Sharing : "The highest court in the Europ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Movie fans turn to piracy when the online cupboard is bare; Guardian, 11/22/11

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Cory Doctorow, Guardian; Movie fans turn to piracy when the online cupboard is bare : "Ask anyone who's studied copyright policy ...

Music label sues over Seth Rogen's 50/50; Guardian, 11/21/11

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Ben Child, Guardian; Music label sues over Seth Rogen's 50/50 : "A Florida-based music and fashion label is suing the makers of t...

WIPO SCCR Constructs Library Exceptions Topics For Discussion; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/23/11

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William New, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO SCCR Constructs Library Exceptions Topics For Discussion : "The World Intellectual Pro...

“Marathon” WIPO Copyright Session Opens With Hopes, Treaty Prospects; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/22/11

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William New, Intellectual Property Watch; “Marathon” WIPO Copyright Session Opens With Hopes, Treaty Prospects : "Officials from arou...

Penguin Suspends E-Book Availability to Libraries; New York Times, 11/22/11

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Julie Bosman, New York Times; Penguin Suspends E-Book Availability to Libraries : "Another major publisher has pushed back against ma...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Anti-piracy bill meets Web-freedom backlash; CNN.com, 11/18/11

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Doug Gross, CNN.com; Anti-piracy bill meets Web-freedom bac klash: "A bill moving through Congress is intended, on its surface at lea...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Strange bedfellows: Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul join SOPA opposition; ArsTechnica.com, 11/17/11

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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica.com; Strange bedfellows: Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul join SOPA opposition : "And Pelosi is far from the only me...

Stop Sopa now; Guardian, 11/16/11

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Dan Gilmor, Guardian; Stop Sopa now : "America is fond of chiding other nations about freedom of speech in the internet age. Leaders ...

Novelist Fights the Tide by Opening a Bookstore; New York Times, 11/15/11

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Julie Bosman, New York Times; Novelist Fights the Tide by Opening a Bookstore : "Cultural leaders convened meetings in the public lib...

ReDigi, Reseller of Digital Music, Responds to Industry Criticism; New York Times, 11/15/11

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New York Times; ReDigi, Reseller of Digital Music, Responds to Industry Criticism : "What follows are excerpts from ReDigi’s response...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Sopa condemned by web giants as 'internet blacklist bill'; Guardian, 11/16/11

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Dominic Rushe, Guardian; Sopa condemned by web giants as 'internet blacklist bill' : "Internet firms including Wikipedia owne...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

SOPA, The Internet Censorship Bill, Was Lauded By Both Parties In Key House Hearing; HuffingtonPost.com, 11/16/11

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Zach Carter and Ryan Grim, HuffingtonPost.com; SOPA, The Internet Censorship Bill, Was Lauded By Both Parties In Key House Hearing : ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Site to Resell Music Files Has Critics; New York Times, 11/14/11

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Ben Sisario, New York Times; Site to Resell Music Files Has Critic s: "A legitimate secondhand marketplace for digital music has neve...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Library Copyright Alliance Voices Concerns Over Anti-Piracy Legislation; Library Journal, 11/9/11

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David Rapp, Library Journal; Library Copyright Alliance Voices Concerns Over Anti-Piracy Legislation : "The Library Copyright Allianc...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

[Book Review]; Free Ride: How Digital Parasites Are Destroying the Culture Business and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back, by Robert Levine; Business Week, 11/3/11

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[Book Review] David Kamp, Business Week; Free Ride by Robert Levine : "Now, as if to bolster Sulzberger’s resolve, comes Free Ride, R...

Sirius’s Move to Bypass a Royalty Payment Clearinghouse Causes an Uproar; New York Times, 11/6/11

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Ben Sisario, New York Times; Sirius’s Move to Bypass a Royalty Payment Clearinghouse Causes an Uproar : "SoundExchange, a nonprofit ...
Monday, October 31, 2011

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

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Jeremy Herb, Star Tribune; Justin Bieber: Klobuchar should be 'locked up ' : "A teen pop superstar wants to throw Sen. Amy Kl...

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

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com; E-PARASITE Bill: 'The End Of The Internet As We Know It ' : "We already wrote about the ridiculou...

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

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; A Store of Images, From a Time When ‘Cut and Paste’ Meant Just That : "THE sign in blue lettering read “C...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

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

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Lewis Hyde, Chronicle of Higher Education; How to Reform Copyright : "James Madison presumably wrote the clause in the Constitution t...

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

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Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education; A National Digital Public Library Begins to Take Shape: "The Digital Public Library o...

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

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Nick Ross, ABC; The case for piracy : "We've been deluged with the arguments against piracy for years. But what's the other s...

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

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Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly; U.S. Copyright Office Outlines "Priorities and Special Projects" : "Orphan works, prese...

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

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Henry Barnes, Guardian; Sylvester Stallone faces lawsuit over Expendables plot : "Sylvester Stallone is facing a lawsuit from a write...

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

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Annemarie Bridy, Freedom to Tinker; The Digital Death of Copyright's First Sale Doctrine : "As the transition from physical to st...
Saturday, October 22, 2011

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

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Sean Michaels, Guardian; Rihanna and David LaChapelle settle lawsuit over S&M video : "Rihanna has settled a lawsuit from photogr...

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

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Eriq Gardner, Billboard; Kanye West, Jay-Z Sued Over Uncleared 'Throne' Sample : "Syl Johnson, a respected musician who creat...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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

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[Op-Ed] New York Times; The Public Domain : "Copyright gives writers and others the incentive to create by giving them exclusive righ...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

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

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James C. McKinley, Jr., New York Times; Kookaburra Sitting Pretty in That Old Gum Tree as Court Upholds Copyright Ruling : "Men at Wo...

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

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Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal; Copyright Law Challenged : "The potential stakes are huge, and again pit old industry against new.....

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

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; In Supreme Court Argument, a Rock Legend Plays a Role : "Jimi Hendrix made an appearance at the Supreme ...

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

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[Op Ed] David Decherney, New York Times; Will Copyright Stifle Hollywood? : "The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today ...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

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

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Timothy Lee, ArsTechnica.com; NinjaVideo "queen" cops to copyright infringement, admits $200,000 in earnings : "Hana Beshar...

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

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Matthew Lasar, ArsTechnica.com; Caving to Washington? "Canadian DMCA" expected to pass : "News accounts say that C-11 is an...

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

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Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education; Princeton U. Adopts Open-Access Policy : "The movement to make research freely availa...

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

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New York Times; On the Docket : "The Supreme Court, which returns to the bench on Monday, has so far agreed to hear about 50 cases, i...

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

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Randy Kennedy, New York Times; Court Allows Richard Prince to Appeal Copyright Decision : "In a closely watched visual-arts copyright...
Friday, September 16, 2011

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

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Julie Bosman, New York times; Judge Sets Schedule in Case Over Google’s Digital Library : "Google’s plan to build a huge digital libr...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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

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Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education; In Authors' Suit Against Libraries, an Attempt to Wrest Back Some Control Over Digitized...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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

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Julie Bosman, New York Times; Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection : "James Grimmelmann, an associate professor of ...

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

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Chronicle of Higher Education; Authors Guild Sues HathiTrust and 5 Universities Over Digitized Books : "The Authors Guild, the Austra...

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

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Josh Halliday, Guardian; Musicians win copyright extension to 70 years : "Thousands of music performers, from little-known session mu...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

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

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Intellectual Property Watch; IFRRO: Collective Management For Orphan Works : "The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Org...
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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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