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

Can’t Buy Me Love? A Lawsuit Debates It; New York Times, 7/15/13

The Past Is Not Dead, but Faulkner Case Against ‘Midnight in Paris’ Is Dismissed; New York Times, 7/19/13

A Legal Defeat for Anne Frank House; New York Times, 6/26/13

Appeals Court’s Ruling Helps Google in Book-Scanning Lawsuit; New York Times, 7/1/13

Over 50 Countries Sign Marrakesh Treaty On Copyright Exceptions And Limitations For The Blind; Intellectual Property Watch, 7/1/13

Joel Tenenbaum's $675,000 Music Downloading Fine Upheld; Associated Press via HuffingtonPost.com, 6/25/13

Filmmaker picks a copyright fight with “Happy Birthday”; ArsTechnica.com, 6/14/13

Game of Thrones Breaks Piracy Records (and That May Be Good); ComicBookResources.com, 6/14/13

AAUP Sees MOOCs as Spawning New Threats to Professors' Intellectual Property; Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/12/13

French Appear Ready to Soften Law on Media Piracy; New York Times, 6/2/13

Harper Lee Sues Agent Over Copyright on ‘Mockingbird’; New York Times, 5/6/13

Court Dismisses Craigslist Suit Against Competitors; New York Times, 5/1/13

As Works Flood In, Nation’s Library Treads Water; New York Times, 5/3/13

Jeffrey Bleich, U.S. Ambassador, Urges Australians To Stop Stealing 'Game Of Thrones'; Reuters via HuffingtonPost.com, 4/26/13

My Copyright Career; New York Times, 4/13/13

The Slow Death of the American Author; New York Times, 4/7/13

A Setback for Resellers of Digital Products; New York Times, 4/1/13

Copyright wars are damaging the health of the internet; Guardian, 3/28/13

The Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook; InfoJustice.org, 3/27/13

Copyright Ruling Rings With Echo of Betamax; New York Times, 3/26/13

Sounds of Copyright Reform; Library Journal, 3/22/13

Justices Permit Resale Of Copyrighted Imports; New York Times, 3/19/13

Imagining a Swap Meet for E-Books and Music; New York Times, 3/7/13

Suit Says Sherlock Belongs to the Ages; New York Times, 3/6/13

We Aren’t in the Old Kansas, Toto; New York Times, 2/28/13

German Copyright Law Targets Google Links; New York Times, 3/1/13

White House Delivers New Open-Access Policy That Has Activists Cheering; Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/22/13

Online Piracy Alert System to Begin This Week; New York Times, 2/25/13

FASTR Aims to Speed Open Access to Government-Funded Research; Library Journal, 2/21/13

U.S. Moves to Provide Quicker Access to Publicly Financed Scientific Research; New York Times, 2/22/13

For Music Industry, a Story of Two Googles; New York Times, 2/21/13

French Publishers Forge Deal With Google, Breaking Ranks With Europe; New York Times, 2/17/13

Public Domain, My Dear Watson? Lawsuit Challenges Conan Doyle Copyrights; New York Times, 2/15/13

DC Comics wins copyright lawsuit over Batmobile replicas; ComicBookResources.com, 2/8/13

Copyright and Libraries – Help!; Library Journal, 2/4/13

Internet copyright law has to have public support if it's going to work; Guardian, 1/31/13

In Dispute Over Ray Charles Songs, Family Gains Victory in Court; New York Times, 1/30/13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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