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

You Can't Copyright The Budget Shutdown In Washington; Forbes, 10/4/13

Cheating’s Surprising Thrill; New York Times, 10/7/13

Marvel Sends Cease-and-Desist to Anticipated Punisher Fan Film; ComicBookResources.com, 10/8/13

USPTO Lays Out Process For Public Input To Copyright Policy Reform; Intellectual Property Watch, 10/8/13

Open-Access Journals Hit By Journalist's Sting; NPR, 10/4/13

Modernizing an English Garden; New York Times, 10/4/13

Use of Third-Party Artwork in Video Backdrop Is Fair Use in Copyright Claim; National Law Review, 10/4/13

The copyright cartel's plot to indoctrinate California kindergartens; Guardian, 9/29/13

Free Sherlock Holmes: the Copyright Battle of Baker Street; The Conversation, 9/30/13

Defining and Demanding a Musician’s Fair Shake in the Internet Age; New York Times, 9/30/13

Justices to Hear ‘Raging Bull’ Copyright Appeal: New York Times, 10/1/13

Record Label Picks Copyright Fight — With The Wrong Guy; NPR's All Tech Considered, 9/27/13

A Silents Gold Mine From Down Under; New York Times, 9/20/13

Copyright law and This Charming Charlie; Los Angeles Times, 9/26/13

Intellectual Property Watch; Meeting Highlights Use Of Open Data In Science, Health And Sustainable Development, 9/18/13

Yes, It's Fair Use To Mashup Charlie Brown And The Smiths; TechDirt.com, 9/24/13

U.S. judge boosts Google 'fair use' defense of digital books; Reuters, 9/23/13

Giant rubber duck causes big flap with Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/22/13

Conan Doyle estate seeks to preserve US copyright of Sherlock Holmes's 'complex personality'; Guardian, 9/19/13

How the Marrakesh Treaty Opens Vistas for Print-Disabled Readers; American Libraries, September/October 2013

Nicki Minaj sued by mystery man for copyright infringement; Guardian, 9/12/13

Court Gives a Victory to Pandora Over Licensing Streaming Music; New York Times, 9/18/13

California’s Community Colleges Shift to Creative Commons Licenses; Wired Campus, 9/16/13

Motion Picture Association Study Finds Search Engines Complicit In Piracy; Intellectual Property Watch, 9/18/13

Lessig dispute shows value of ‘fair use’ of copyrighted songs; Boston Globe, 9/16/13

Sarah Palin's Super PAC Sued For Copyright Infringement Over Use Of 9/11 Photo; AP via HuffingtonPost.com, 9/13/13

Paper Finds Little Success In ‘Three-Strikes’ IP Enforcement Programmes; Intellectual Property Watch, 9/10/13

Toward a Go-To Gershwin Edition; New York Times, 9/13/13

Clear Channel-Warner Music Deal Rewrites the Rules on Royalties; New York Times, 9/12/13

Taking Back 'Funkytown': Songwriters Prepare For A Custody Battle; NPR's All Things Considered, 9/12/13

Record Labels Sue Sirius XM Over the Use of Older Music; New York Times, 9/11/13

A Copyright Victory, 35 Years Later; New York Times, 9/10/13

Judge slaps down Stan Lee Media’s bid for Marvel characters; ComicBookResources.com, 9/6/13

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author settles copyright theft case; New York Daily News, 9/6/13

For a Classic Motown Song About Money, Credit Is What He Wants; New York Times, 8/31/13

VCR’s Past Is Guiding Television’s Future; New York Times, 7/28/13

Twenty-Sixth Horace S. Manges Lecture, Columbia University Law School, 3/4/13

White House Copyright Czar Jumps to Industry Anti-Piracy Group; Wired, 8/28/13

Songwriters Sue to Defend a Summer Hit; New York Times, 8/16/13

U. of Maryland University College Closes Intellectual Property Center; Inside Higher Ed, 6/10/13

Why you won’t see or hear the ‘I have a dream’ speech; Washington Post, 8/27/13

Online lecture prompts legal fight on copyright; Boston Globe, 8/27/13

Why It's Difficult To Find Full Video Of King's Historic Speech; NPR, 8/23/13

C Train Cafe? Transit Agency May Put Up Fight M.T.A. Guards Against Copyright Infringement; New York Times, 8/23/13

CBS prevails in 'The Glass House' legal dispute; Los Angeles Times, 8/19/13

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