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/

Monday, June 30, 2014

After Supreme Court Ruling, Aereo’s Rivals in TV Streaming Seize Opening; New York Times, 6/29/14

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Emily Steel, New York Times; After Supreme Court Ruling, Aereo’s Rivals in TV Streaming Seize Opening : "The day after the Supreme Cou...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Open access is not enough on its own – data must be free too: Academics have been encouraged to make their research freely available, but their data also needs to be open to scrutiny; Guardian, 6/26/14

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Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Guardian; Open access is not enough on its own – data must be free too: Academics have been encouraged to make thei...

Output Drops at World's Largest Open-Access Journal; Science, 6/4/14

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Jocelyn Kaiser, Science; Output Drops at World's Largest Open-Access Journal : "The number of papers published by the world’s larg...

WIPO Copyright Committee: More Rights Or Limitations/Exceptions? ; Intellectual Property Watch, 6/29/14

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO Copyright Committee: More Rights Or Limitations/Exceptions? : "The World Intellectua...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Symposium: Aereo decision injects uncertainty into copyright; SCOTUS Blog, 6/27/14

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Mitch Stoltz, SCOTUS Blog; Symposium: Aereo decision injects uncertainty into copyright : "Wednesday’s decision in American Broadcasti...

Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’ Blocked in China; New York Times, 6/27/14

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Jane Perlez, New York Times; Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’ Blocked in China : "The new memoir of Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Hard Choi...

Aereo Loses at Supreme Court, in Victory for TV Broadcasters; New York Times, 6/25/14

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Adam Liptak and Emily Steel, New York Times; Aereo Loses at Supreme Court, in Victory for TV Broadcasters : "In a case with far-reachi...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Marilyn Monroe’s Photo Caper in Poland; New York Times, 6/23/14

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Rena Silverman, New York Times; Marilyn Monroe’s Photo Caper in Poland : "Greene left behind vintage prints, negatives, color transpar...

“Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business: What amazing Holmes fan fiction will you create?; Smithsonian, 6/19/14

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Colin Schultz, Smithsonian; “Sherlock Holmes” Is Now Officially Off Copyright and Open for Business: What amazing Holmes fan fiction will yo...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

The Walking Dead producer criticises Game of Thrones executive over piracy; Guardian, 6/19/14

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Mark Sweney, Guardian; The Walking Dead producer criticises Game of Thrones executive over piracy : "Gale Anne Hurd said that if consu...

Mail Online chief in clash with Australian reporter over copyright; Guardian, 6/19/14

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Amanda Meade, Guardian; Mail Online chief in clash with Australian reporter over copyright : "The spat between News Corp and Mail Onli...

Jack Kirby's Heirs Get Huge Support in Quest to Bring Marvel Fight to Supreme Court (Exclusive); Hollywood Reporter, 6/19/14

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Eriq Gardner, Hollywood Reporter; Jack Kirby's Heirs Get Huge Support in Quest to Bring Marvel Fight to Supreme Court (Exclusive) : ...

Athletes' Tattoo Artists File Copyright Suits, Leaving Indelible Mark; Wall Street Journal, 6/16/14

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Jacob Gersheman, Wall Street Journal; Athletes' Tattoo Artists File Copyright Suits, Leaving Indelible Mark : "The question of who...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Sherlock lives in public domain, US court rules in case of the heckled brand; Guardian, 6/16/14

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Jessica Glenza, Guardian; Sherlock lives in public domain, US court rules in case of the heckled brand : "A US court has ruled that Sh...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Music Industry Officials Agree on Need for Licensing Rule Changes, but Little Else; New York Times, 6/10/14

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Ben Sisario, New York Times; Music Industry Officials Agree on Need for Licensing Rule Changes, but Little Els e: "The complex system ...

Court OKs Universities' Quest To Turn To More Digital Copies Of Books; NPR, 6/10/14

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Lynn Neary, NPR; Court OKs Universities' Quest To Turn To More Digital Copies Of Books : "A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Why It's So Hard to Get the Law to Protect a Good Joke (Guest Column); Hollywood Reporter, 6/8/14

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James J.S. Holmes and Kanika D. Corley, Hollywood Reporter; Why It's So Hard to Get the Law to Protect a Good Joke (Guest Column) : ...

Kennedy letters fiercely protected for decades; Boston Globe, 6/10/14

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Matt Viser, Boston Globe; Kennedy letters fiercely protected for decades : "In 1966, in a letter to a friend in Ireland, Jacqueline Ke...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy; U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force, July 2013

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U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force; Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy : "“In Apr...

U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force to Host Series of Roundtables on Copyright Internet Policy Topics; Press Release, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 4/16/14

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Press Release, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force to Host Series of Roundtables on Cop...

Don Henley Claims 'Arrogant' Frank Ocean, Okkervil River Stole Songs; Rolling Stone, 6/4/14

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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone; Don Henley Claims 'Arrogant' Frank Ocean, Okkervil River Stole Songs : "In addition to condemning Oc...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

Beastie Boys win $1.7 million in copyright case vs. Monster Beverage; Reuters, 6/5/14

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Nate Raymond, Reuters; Beastie Boys win $1.7 million in copyright case vs. Monster Beverage : "Beastie Boys' fight for their right...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

Okkervil River Responds to Don Henley: Copyright Laws Kill Art: Will Sheff writes artists "communicate back and forth with each other over the generations, take old ideas and make them new"; Rolling Stone, 6/4/14

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Will Sheff, Rolling Stone; Okkervil River Responds to Don Henley: Copyright Laws Kill Art: Will Sheff writes artists "communicate back ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Copyright infringement suit filed against Led Zeppelin for 'Stairway to Heaven'; CNN, 6/3/14

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Lisa Respers France, CNN; Copyright infringement suit filed against Led Zeppelin for 'Stairway to Heaven' : "A lawsuit has bee...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Bluebeard as a Geek: Plundering in High-Tech: On ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ It’s Imitation vs. Invention; New York Times, 5/30/14

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Alessandra Stanley, New York Times; Bluebeard as a Geek: Plundering in High-Tech: On ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ It’s Imitation vs. Invention : ...

New Authors Alliance wants to ease some copyright rules; SFGate, 5/31/14

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Meredith May, SFGate; New Authors Alliance wants to ease some copyright rules : "Academic authors aren't generally known for makin...

Pirate Bay founder arrested after two years on the run; Reuters via Guardian, 5/31/14

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Reuters via Guardian; Pirate Bay founder arrested after two years on the ru n: "One of the founders of file-sharing website Pirate Bay...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Federal CIOs, Take Open Data To Next Level; Information Week, 5/29/14

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Bobby Caudill, Information Week; Federal CIOs, Take Open Data To Next Level : "A prime example comes from the State of Michigan's ...

RESPECT Bill Would Put Golden Oldies Under Federal Copyright; Billboard, 5/29/14

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Glenn Peoples, Billboard; RESPECT Bill Would Put Golden Oldies Under Federal Copyright : "A new bill could help artists and labels col...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

How does copyright work in space?; Economist, 5/22/13

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G.F., Economist; How does copyright work in space? : "CHRIS HADFIELD has captured the world's heart, judging by the 14m YouTube vi...

The Beastie Boys sue Monster Energy Co for copyright infringement; Reuters via New York Times, 5/27/14

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John Russell,Reuters via New York Times; The Beastie Boys sue Monster Energy Co for copyright infringement : "The Beastie Boys take Mo...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

New Nashville group to push for copyright reform; Tennessean, 5/25/14

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Nate Rau, Tennessean; New Nashville group to push for copyright reform : "A new group comprised of prominent Nashville music publishin...

Vimeo to Launch Music Copyright ID System; Billboard, 5/21/14

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Andrew Flanagan, Billboard; Vimeo to Launch Music Copyright ID System : "Vimeo, the hosting site popular with video artists of all st...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Justices Reinstate Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Raging Bull’; New York Times, 5/19/14

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Justices Reinstate Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Raging Bull’ : "The Supreme Court on Monday revived a copyrig...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Newspapers need robust copyright law protection; Albuquerque Journal, 5/17/14

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Caroline Little, President & CEO, Newspaper Association of America; Newspapers need robust copyright law protection : "Newspapers’...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

The Biggest Filer of Copyright Lawsuits? This Erotica Web Site; New Yorker, 5/15/14

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Five years of being intimidated by the Harvard Bluebook's copyright policies; BoingBoing.net, 5/16/14

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Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net; Five years of being intimidated by the Harvard Bluebook's copyright policies : "Rogue archivist Car...

Seven people jailed in China's first online copyright lawsuit; ZDNet, 5/16/14

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Cyrus Lee, ZDNet; Seven people jailed in China's first online copyright lawsuit : "Zhou Zhiquan, CEO of the movie downloading webs...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Copyright Licensing Organization Gets New Boss; New York Times, 5/14/14

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; Copyright Licensing Organization Gets New Boss : "Creative Commons, whose licensing system encourages the ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Oracle wins copyright ruling against Google over Android; Reuters, 5/9/14

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Dan Levine and Diane Bartz, Reuters; Oracle wins copyright ruling against Google over Android : "Oracle Corp won a legal victory again...

Obama Signs Nation's First 'Open Data' Law; Information Week, 5/12/14

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William Welsh, Information Week; Obama Signs Nation's First 'Open Data' Law : "President Barack Obama enacted the nation...

EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting; IFLA, 5/6/14

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IFLA; EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting : "Discussions by t...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Conservative Case For Taking On The Copyright Lobby; Business Insider, 4/30/14

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Derek Khanna, Business Insider; The Conservative Case For Taking On The Copyright Lobby : "Current U.S. law provides copyright protect...

Claiming a Copyright on Marx? How Uncomradely; New York Times, 4/30/14

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; Claiming a Copyright on Marx? How Uncomradely : "The Marxist Internet Archive, a website devoted to radica...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Open data: slow down Whitehall's approach has the subtlety of a smash-and-grab-raider and it must take its own advice on best practice; Guardian, 4/18/14

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Editorial, Guardian; Open data: slow down Whitehall's approach has the subtlety of a smash-and-grab-raider and it must take its own advi...

The Shadow of the Billion-Dollar Copyright Award; National Law Review, 4/28/14

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John K. Burke and Vedder Price, National Law Review; The Shadow of the Billion-Dollar Copyright Award : "On March 18, the Ninth Circui...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

With Aereo, Supreme Court digs into copyright nuances; CNet, 4/22/14

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Joan E. Solsman, CNet; With Aereo, Supreme Court digs into copyright nuances : "The Supreme Court, grilling lawyers for TV-streaming s...

At Stake in the Aereo Case Is How We Watch TV; David Carr, 4/22/14

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David Carr, New York Times; At Stake in the Aereo Case Is How We Watch TV : "Again and again, Aereo has been tagged as a Rube Goldberg...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Pandora sued by record labels for copyright infringement; CNet, 4/17/14

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Dara Kerr, CNet; Pandora sued by record labels for copyright infringement : "Pandora has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsui...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

Boy named after Wayne Rooney not allowed personalised Easter egg due to 'copyright law'; Express.co.uk, 4/14/14

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Sarah Ann Harris, Express.co.uk; Boy named after Wayne Rooney not allowed personalised Easter egg due to 'copyright law' : "A ...
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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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