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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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