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/

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Caribbean Nation Gets an International Go-Ahead to Break U.S. Copyright Laws; New York Times, 1/28/13

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Annie Lowrey, New York Times; Caribbean Nation Gets an International Go-Ahead to Break U.S. Copyright Laws : "Trade experts said that ...

Playing Whac-a-Mole With Piracy Sites; New York Times, 1/28/13

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Ben Sisario and Tanzina Vega, New York Times; Playing Whac-a-Mole With Piracy Sites : "This month, the University of Southern Californ...

As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle; New York Times, 1/28/13

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Ben Sisario, New York Times; As Music Streaming Grows, Royalties Slow to a Trickle : "A decade after Apple revolutionized the music wo...

A Right to Unlock Cellphones Fades Away; New York Times, 1/25/13

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Brian X. Chen, New York Times; A Right to Unlock Cellphones Fades Away : "Your right to unlock your cellphone is about to expire. Cell...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Public Universities to Offer Free Online Classes for Credit; New York Times, 1/23/13

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Tamar Lewin, New York Times; Public Universities to Offer Free Online Classes for Credit : "In an unusual arrangement with a commercia...

A Year After the Closing of Megaupload, a File-Sharing Tycoon Opens a New Site; New York Times, 1/20/13

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Jonathan Hutchison, New York Times; A Year After the Closing of Megaupload, a File-Sharing Tycoon Opens a New Site : "At 6:48 a.m. loc...

A Revamped Myspace Site Faces a Problem With Rights; New York Times, 1/20/13

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Ben Sisario, New York Times; A Revamped Myspace Site Faces a Problem With Rights : "The new Myspace, which like the old MySpace lets ...

NIH Access Policy Gains Teeth; Library Journal, 1/16/13

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Meredith Schwartz, Library Journal; NIH Access Policy Gains Teeth : "Soon, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will explicitly lin...

Unlocking the Riches of HathiTrust; American Libraries, 1/16/13

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American Libraries; Unlocking the Riches of HathiTrust : "The constitutionality of digital fair use was upheld this past October, when...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Verizon Copyright Alert System Would Throttle Internet Speeds Of Repeat Online Pirates; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/11/13

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Gerry Smith, HuffingtonPost.com; Verizon Copyright Alert System Would Throttle Internet Speeds Of Repeat Online Pirates : "Under Veriz...
Friday, January 11, 2013

“Buffy vs Edward” remix unfairly removed by Lionsgate; ArsTechnica.com, 1/9/13

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Jonathan McIntosh, ArsTechnica.com; “Buffy vs Edward” remix unfairly removed by Lionsgate : "Buffy vs Edward has now been offline for ...

Irish Newspapers Budge Slightly: Now Say Links Don't Require Payment, But Snippets...; TechDirt.com, 1/9/13

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Mike Masnick,, TechDirt.com; Irish Newspapers Budge Slightly: Now Say Links Don't Require Payment, But Snippets... : "Meanwhile, t...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty in Copyright Violation Case; New York Times, 1/8/13

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Andrew Martin, New York Times; Chinese Man Pleads Guilty in Copyright Violation Case : "Mr. Li, who was based in Chengdu, paid a netwo...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Sony Issues Dylan CDs to Extend Copyright; New York Times, 1/7/13

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Allan Kozinn, New York Times; Sony Issues Dylan CDs to Extend Copyright : "In an unusual response to provisions in a new European copy...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers Vs. Libraries; Forbes.com, 12/11/12

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David Vinjamuri, Forbes.com; The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers Vs. Libraries : "In a society where bookstores disappear every day ...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Stallone did not copy screenplay for "The Expendables": judge; Reuters, 12/27/12

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Jonathan Stempel, Reuters; Stallone did not copy screenplay for "The Expendables": judge : "A federal judge has reaffirmed h...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Game of Thrones most pirated TV show; Guardian, 12/24/12

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Mark Sweney, Guardian; Game of Thrones most pirated TV show : "Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show of the year, with a single...

UK copyright laws to be freed up and parody laws relaxed; Guardian, 12/20/12

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Mark Sweney, Guardian; UK copyright laws to be freed up and parody laws relaxed : "The government is to scrap an archaic law that make...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

WIPO To Negotiate Treaty For The Blind In June; ‘Still Some Distance To Travel’ ; Intellectual Property Watch, 12/18/12

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO To Negotiate Treaty For The Blind In June; ‘Still Some Distance To Travel’ : "In a s...

Alicia Keys Sued Over 'Girl on Fire': Is It Based on a Blogger's Ear?; Hollywood Reporter, 12/17/12

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Eriq Gardner, Hollywood Reporter; Alicia Keys Sued Over 'Girl on Fire': Is It Based on a Blogger's Ear? : "Alicia Keys...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo; ArsTechnica.com, 12/6/12

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Timothy B. Lee, ArsTechnica.com; Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo : "The Republican Study Committ...

Feeling the Heat, Yoga Chain Bows to Bikram, Despite Federal Ruling; New York Times, 12/10/12

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Andy Newman, New York Times; Feeling the Heat, Yoga Chain Bows to Bikram, Despite Federal Ruling : "A popular New York-based chain of ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

eBooks For Libraries Web Site Relaunches, Focus is Now Public Awareness About Issues; Library Journal,12/11/12

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Gary Price, Library Journal; eBooks For Libraries Web Site Relaunches, Focus is Now Public Awareness About Issues : "The eBooks For Li...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Richard O'Dwyer's two-year extradition ordeal ends in New York; Guardian, 12/6/12

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Adam Gabbatt, Guardian; Richard O'Dwyer's two-year extradition ordeal ends in New York : "A British student's two-year fig...
Sunday, December 2, 2012

Publishers brace for authors to reclaim book rights in 2013; paidContent, org, 11/27/12

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Jeff John Roberts, paidContent.org; Publishers brace for authors to reclaim book rights in 2013 : "Termination rights are not a new id...

Posting A Parody Video? Read This First.; Library Journal, 11/29/12

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Meredith Schwartz, Library Journal; Posting A Parody Video? Read This First : "While Good Morning America’s film crew was at the libra...

Beastie Boys call for sampling lawsuit to be dismissed; Guardian, 11/29/12

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Sean Michaels, Guardian; Beastie Boys call for sampling lawsuit to be dismissed : "In the Beastie Boys' response to the lawsuit, f...
Friday, November 30, 2012

HathiTrust Verdict Could Transform University Access for the Blind; Library Journal, 11/7/12

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Meredith Schwartz, Library Journal; HathiTrust Verdict Could Transform University Access for the Blind : "Now that the HathiTrust verd...

Reshaping The International Copyright System To Facilitate Education In Developing Countries; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/28/12

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Tiphaine Nunzia Caulier, Intellectual Property Watch; Reshaping The International Copyright System To Facilitate Education In Developing Cou...

Google Fires a Rare Public Salvo Over Aggregators; New York Times, 11/28/12

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Kevin J. O'Brien, New York Times; Google Fires a Rare Public Salvo Over Aggrega tors: "That all changed this week when Google fire...

[Video] How did Richard O'Dwyer strike a deal to avoid extradition?, 11/28/12

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[Video: 1 min. 49 sec.] James Ball, Guardian; How did Richard O'Dwyer strike a deal to avoid extradition? : "Guardian data journa...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Case Against UCLA For Streaming Licensed DVDs To Students Dismissed Yet Again; TechDirt.com, 11/26/12

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com; Case Against UCLA For Streaming Licensed DVDs To Students Dismissed Yet Again : "A few years ago we wrote ...

After Father’s Objection, Play About Amy Winehouse Is Canceled; New York Times, 11/26/12

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James C. McKinley, Jr., New York Times; After Father’s Objection, Play About Amy Winehouse Is Canceled : "The Royal Theater in Denmark...

Wikipedia founder hails extradition deal with US and calls for law reform; Guardian, 11/28/12

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Lizzy Davies, James Ball, Owen Bowcott, Guardian; Wikipedia founder hails extradition deal with US and calls for law reform : "Wikiped...

WIPO Committee Finishes A Step Closer To Treaty For Visually Impaired; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/24/12

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO Committee Finishes A Step Closer To Treaty For Visually Impaired : "After a long wee...

Republicans' brief flash of intellectual property insight; Guardiian, 11/23/12

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Dan Gillmor, Guardian; Republicans' brief flash of intellectual property ins ight: "A small outburst of policy sanity broke out fr...

Building a Digital Public Library of America; Library Journal, 11/26/12

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John Palfrey, Library Journal; Building a Digital Public Library of America : "...how can the DPLA provide access to knowledge in a di...

Podcast [2 hours, 3 minutes], Robert Darnton and Susan Flannery: "Digitizing the Culture of Print: The Digital Public Library of America and Other Urgent Projects", 11/2/12

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Podcast [2 hours, 3 minutes], Robert Darnton and Susan Flannery: "Digitizing the Culture of Print: The Digital Public Library of Americ...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

University Consortium to Offer Small Online Courses for Credit; New York Times, 11/15/12

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Hannah Seligson, New York Times; University Consortium to Offer Small Online Courses for Credit : "Starting next fall, 10 prominent un...

On the Hobbit trail in New Zealand; Guardian, 11/16/12

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Rebecca Nicholson, Guardian; On the Hobbit trail in New Zealand : "People involved with Middle Earth-related tours talk wearily of cop...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

You Can’t Say That on the Internet; New York Times, 11/16/12

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Evgeny Morozov, New York Times; You Can’t Say That on the Internet : "Thanks to Silicon Valley, our public life is undergoing a transf...

Creation and copyright law: the case of 3D printing; Conversation, 11/8/12

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Matthew Rimmer, Conversation; Creation and copyright law: the case of 3D printing : "In Australia, the developers of 3D printing face ...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

YouTube videos make people money, but songwriters rarely see any of it; Guardian, 11/13/12

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Helienne Lindvall, Guardian; YouTube videos make people money, but songwriters rarely see any of it : "Naturally, songwriters prefer t...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Google Presses Fair Use Case in Book Scanning Appeal; Library Journal, 11/12/12

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Gary Price, Library Journal; Google Presses Fair Use Case in Book Scanning Appeal : "On November 9, Google asked a federal appeals cou...

The Fight for Free Information: Liberate Our Cultural Assets from Economic Prisons; Library Journal, 11/12/12

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John N. Berry III, Library Journal; The Fight for Free Information: Liberate Our Cultural Assets from Economic Prisons : "A huge, muc...

Authors Guild Appeals HathiTrust Decision, Library Copyright Alliance Issues Statement; Library Journal, 11/9/12

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Gary Price, Library Journal; Authors Guild Appeals HathiTrust Decision, Library Copyright Alliance Issues Statement : "On November 8, ...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Could US Election Result Reverse Ever-Stronger Copyright Protection?; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/7/12

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Intellectual Property Watch; Could US Election Result Reverse Ever-Stronger Copyright Protection? : "US voters returned President Obam...
Saturday, November 3, 2012

US Makes New Exemptions To Digital Millennium Copyright Act Provision; Intellectual Property Watch, 11/1/12

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Maricel Estavillo, Intellectual Property Watch; US Makes New Exemptions To Digital Millennium Copyright Act Provision : "The United St...

Artist who sued Twitter over copyright declares victory—via settlement; ArsTechnica.com, 11/2/12

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Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica.com; Artist who sued Twitter over copyright declares victory—via settlement : "Two months ago, an artist name...
Friday, November 2, 2012

Aliens Have Landed, Hoping To License All Of Humanity's Music; All Songs Considered, 7/9/12

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Bob Boilen, All Songs Considered; Aliens Have Landed, Hoping To License All Of Humanity's Music : "This just in: Aliens from pret...
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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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