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

Eternal Copyright: a modest proposal; Telegraph, 2/20/12

Copyright Cheats Face the Music in France; New York Times, 2/19/12

ReDigi, the ‘Used’ Digital Music Store, Stays Alive; New York Times, 2/7/12

Digital Notes: New Charges, and More Details, in Megaupload Case; New York Times, 2/17/12

G.O.P. Candidates Are Told, Don’t Use the Verses, It’s Not Your Song; New York Times, 2/3/12

Does Honda Get a Day Off From Paying a ‘Ferris Bueller’ Copyright Fee?; New York Times, 2/3/12

Newt Gingrich sued for using Eye of the Tiger as campaign song; Reuters via Guardian, 1/31/12

Petition Targeting Elsevier’s Business Practices Begins to Snowball; LibraryJournal.com, 1/31/12

Rapper K'Naan upset Mitt Romney used his song; Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com, 2/1/12

ALA Midwinter 2012: Head of RLUK Calls Research Works Act ‘Audacious in the Extreme’; LibraryJournal.com, 1/24/12

Fair-Use Guide Seeks to Solve Librarians’ VHS-Cassette Problem; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/25/12

The MPAA talks about SOPA/PIPA and responds to the 'campaign of misinformation'; EntertainmentWeekly.com, 1/25/12

Who Gets to See Published Research?; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/22/12

Obama Announces New Trade Enforcement Unit With IP Focus; Intellectual Property Watch, 1/25/12

Kim Dotcom: Police Cut Way Into Mansion To Arrest Megaupload Founder; Reuters via HuffingtonPost.com, 1/21/12

Potential SOPA/PIPA Revisions; New York Times, 1/22/12

Supreme Court Upholds Law That Pulled Foreign Works Back Under Copyright; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/18/12

What’s the Best Way to Protect Against Online Piracy?; New York Times, 1/20/12

Senate Postpones Vote on Internet Anti-Piracy Bill; New York Times, 1/20/12

FBI shuts down Megaupload file-sharing site; ComicBookResources.com, 1/20/12

In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old; New York Times, 1/18/12

US Supreme Court Rules On Golan v. Holder, Key Public Domain Case; Intellectual Property Watch, 1/18/12

Web Protests Piracy Bills, and 2 Senators Change Course; New York Times, 1/18/12

SOPA, Internet Piracy And Power; NPR's On Point, 1/18/12

Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills; Foxnews.com, 1/18/12

Protest on Web Uses Shutdown to Take On Two Piracy Bills; New York Times, 1/17/12

New 'Firewall' song protests SOPA copyright bill (Q&A); CNet, 12/20/11

All Eyes On US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): Fate Of Bill Now Unclear; Intellectual Property Watch, 1/17/12

Rupert Murdoch Attacks Google, Obama In Pro-SOPA Twitter Rant; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/15/12

White House Will Not Support SOPA, PIPA; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/14/12

White House Says It Opposes Parts of Two Antipiracy Bills; New York Times, 1/14/12

Fighting Antipiracy Measure, Activist Group Posts Personal Information of Media Executives; New York Times, 1/13/12

The Songs Remain the Same, but Broadway Heirs Call the Shots; New York Times, 1/9/12

EMI Label Sues ReDigi, the Used Digital Music Store; New York Times, 1/6/12

US pressured Spain to implement online piracy law, leaked files shows; Guardian, 1/5/12

New Lawsuit Means All Major Labels Are Suing Grooveshark; New York Times, 1/5/12

[Podcast] Copyright Law in the Digital Age; Diane Rehm Show, 1/5/12

Google Files Motion to Dismiss in Google Books Case; Digital Shift, 12/23/11

The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online; New York Times, 1/1/12

Apropos Appropriation; New York Times, 1/1/12

Copyright Office Supports Federalization of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings; LibraryJournal.com, 12/29/11

Songwriters Group Backs Village People Singer in Rights Case; New York Times, 12/20/11

A Comic Distributes Himself; New York Times, 12/18/11

Marvel in Support of SOPA; ComicBookResources.com, 12/29/11

Marvel Wins Court Battle Over Rights to Ghost Rider; New York Times, 12/29/11

Publishers vs. Libraries: An E-Book Tug of War; New York Times, 12/24/11

"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Uploader Sentenced to One Year in Prison; ComicBookResources.com, 12/19/11

M.I.T. Expands Its Free Online Courses; New York Times, 12/19/11

Angelina Jolie dismisses lawsuit against In the Land of Blood and Honey; Guardian, 12/7/11

In the Bronx, a Collision of Cars, Celebrity and Copyright; New York Times, 11/28/11