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

The Black Keys Sue Home Depot and Pizza Hut; New York Times, 6/22/12

@KimDotcom Jokes of Money ‘Laundering’ and Tennis ‘Racketeering’; New York Times, 6/22/12

Japan Passes Jail-for-Downloaders Anti-Piracy Law; Wired.com, 6/21/12

Unprecedented Vote: EU Parliament Trade Committee Rejects ACTA; Intellectual Property Watch, 6/21/12

NPR Intern Gets an Earful After Blogging About 11,000 Songs, Almost None Paid For; New York Times, 6/19/12

Fair Use, Art, Swiss Cheese and Me; New York Times, 6/16/12

German court sentences founder of illegal movie downloading platform to prison term; Associated Press via Washington Post, 6/14/12

MLA Shift on Copyright; Inside Higher Ed, 6/6/12

French Publisher Group Strikes Deal With Google Over E-Books; New York Times, 6/11/12

EU Negotiators Tentatively Agree On Plan For Orphan Works; Intellectual Property Watch, 6/9/12

Gershwin Shows’ Tonys Fuel Plans for a Musical; New York Times, 6/14/12

Libraries Are Not The Same as Manga Scanlation Sites; About.com

Lawyers in ‘Spider-Man’ Battle Spin Their Early Arguments; New York Times, 6/1/12

Judge Allows Class-Action Suit Over Google’s Book Scanning; New York Times, 5/31/12

Daddy, What Were Compact Discs?; New York Times, 5/30/12

Libraries Grapple With The Downside Of E-Books; NPR's Morning Edition, 5/29/12

Google Publishes Data on Copyright Removal Requests; PCMag.com, 5/24/12

UCSF Implements Policy to Make Research Papers Freely Accessible to Public; University of California San Francisco, 5/23/12

'Canal Zone' Collages Test The Meaning Of 'Fair Use'; NPR's All Things Considered, 5/16/12

Free Webinar by TLT Group: Cable Green, Creative Commons, Thursday, May 24, 2012 2 PM EDT

Free Webcast by Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on Georgia State University e-Reserves Case: Thursday, May 24, 2012 2 PM EDT

Federal Judge Strikes Down California’s Art Royalties Law; New York Times, 5/21/12

Supreme Court Passes on File-Sharing Case, but Still No End Is in Sight; New York Times, 5/21/12

Georgia State Copyright Case: What You Need To Know—and What It Means for E-Reserves; LibraryJournal.com, 5/17/12

Google, Author’s Guild Clash Over Class Action and Standing; LibraryJournal.com, 15/10/12

Beastie Boys Face New Suit Over Sampling; New York Times, 5/8/12

CBS Sues ABC Over 'Big Brother'-Type Reality Show 'Glass House'; Hollywood Reporter, 5/10/12

Village People Singer Wins a Legal Battle in Fight to Reclaim Song Rights; New York Times, 5/8/12

A DVR Ad Eraser Causes Tremors at TV Upfronts; New York Times, 5/16/12

FREE Copyright Webinars: Friday, May 18th & Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Publishers and Georgia State See Broad Implications in Copyright Ruling; Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/14/12

At 92, Bandit to Hollywood but Hero to Soldiers; New York Times, 4/26/12

Music Film Is Delayed by Fees for Songs; New York Times, 4/25/12

Art Is Long; Copyrights Can Even Be Longer; New York Times, 4/24/12

High court steps into key online copyright case; Salt Lake Tribune via Associated Press, 4/16/12

Warner Bros. Claims "Significant Victory" In Superman Lawsuit; ComicBookResources.com, 4/17/12

A Film’s Superheroes Include the Director; New York Times, 4/12

Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement; Educause, 4/4/12

A Boss for ‘Six Strikes’ Copyright Enforcement; New York Times, 4/3/12

Appeals Court Revives Viacom Suit Against YouTube; New York Times, 4/5/12

The Apple ebook price-fixing lawsuit has terrifying implications; Guardian, 4/13/12

[Op-Ed] When Stealing Isn’t Stealing; New York Times, 3/28/12

Google Begins to Scale Back Its Scanning of Books From University Libraries; Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/9/12

Drilling Down: What Small Businesses Should Know About Pinterest; New York Times, 3/26/12

Op-ed: Imminent "six strikes" Copyright Alert System needs antitrust scrutiny; ArsTechnica.com, 3/18/12

Hobbit pub in Southampton threatened with legal action; BBC News, 3/13/12

Justice Department Threatens Apple, Publishers over E-Book Pricing; Time, 3/8/12

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