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

Sirius XM Has Setback in Lawsuit; New York Times, 11/16/14

Leahy Introduces Same-Sex Copyright Inheritance Bill; Roll Call, 11/12/14

Open Minds, Open Access; Inside Higher Ed, 10/22/14

Research Is Just the Beginning: A Free People Must Have Open Access to the Law; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10/23/14

Downloading Music Is Quickly Going Out Of Fashion; HuffingtonPost.com, 10/24/14

Why We Need Bright Lines; Inside Higher Ed, 10/20/14

Crooner in Rights Spat: Are copyright laws too strict?; New Yorker, 10/20/14

Cloud Computing Is Forcing a Reconsideration of Intellectual Property; New York Times, 10/11/14

Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame; New York Times, 10/14/14

Teenage Mutant Ninja Journal! Celebrating an Open Access Birthday; Scientific American, 10/20/14

OPEN ACCESS WEEK @ Pitt, 2014

Celebrating Open Access Week: Research Should Be Free, Available, and Open; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 10/20/14

"Copy Me" episode 3: "Early Copyright History"; BoingBoing.net, 10/13/14

Conservatives' copyright law changes could backfire; CBC, 10/14/14

YouTube Has Paid $1 Billion to Copyright Holders Since 2007; NBCNews.com, 10/14/14

Readers Debate Online Piracy and the Future of Digital Entertainment; New York Times, 9/29/14

Supreme Court won’t intervene in Shuster-DC fight over Superman; ComicBookResources.com, 10/6/14

Kirby vs. Marvel settlement: The King’s goal fulfilled; ComicBookResources.com, 10/1/14

Grooveshark employees are guilty of copyright infringement, judge rules; Guardian, 9/30/14

For Bill on Disabled Access to Online Teaching Materials, the Devil’s in the Details; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/30/14

Kurt Busiek Breaks Down the Marvel/Jack Kirby Legal Battle; ComicBookResources.com, 10/1/14

New UK Copyright Exception Allows Mashups -- But Only If Judges Think They Are Funny; TechDirt.com, 10/1/14

How Copyright Law Protects Art From Criticism; Pacific Standard, 9/29/14

Ridiculous Ruling Says University Can't Release Course Syllabi Because That Would Violate Professors' Copyright; Forbes, 9/29/14

Parody copyright laws set to come into effect; BBC News, 9/29/14

The Unrepentant Bootlegger; New York Times, 9/27/14

A Stolen Video of My Daughter Went Viral. Here’s What I Learned; New York Times, 9/26/14

Bugging out: How rampant online piracy squashed one insect photographer; Ars Technica, 9/24/14

Marvel & Jack Kirby Family Settle Long-Running Legal Dispute; ComicBookResources.com, 9/26/14

Behind the Groundbreaking Design of Aphex Twin’s Record Covers; New York Times, 9/22/14

SiriusXM Copyright Battle: What Does the Latest Ruling Mean for Digital Music?; Billboard, 9/23/14

‘Let’s Take a #Selfie,’ Said the Monkey: A Case of Questionable Copyrights; Wired, 9/18/14

Apple and Amazon Take Baby Steps Toward Digital Sharing; New York Times, 9/18/14

Online Renegade, Wanted in U.S., Shakes Up New Zealand Election; New York Times, 9/18/14

Murdoch renews hostilities with Google over 'contempt' for copyright; Telegraph, 9/18/14

How Open Data Is Transforming City Life; Forbes, 9/12/14

Top 10 political copyright infringements.Stuff.co.nz, 9/17/14

Pitt sets deadline for transfer of intellectual property rights; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/12/14

Questions raised about intellectual property rights at Pitt; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/11/14

How copyright became the best defense against revenge porn; Washington Post, 9/8/14

Reddit and 4chan Begin to Button Up; New York Times, 9/8/14

Mickey Mouse Takes Deadmau5 to Court; Daily Beast, 9/3/14

AAAS Chooses Not To Advance Open Access; Science 2.0, 9/4/14

4chan website introduces copyright mechanism after celebrity hacking; Guardian, 9/4/14

The Heir’s Not Apparent: A Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Work; New York Times, 9/5/14

Conan Doyle Estate Told to Pay Legal Fees; New York Times, 8/5/14

Open data's Achilles heel: re-identification; ZDNet, 9/3/14

Hard Cases Make Bad Law; Library Journal, 9/4/14

Tap millions of copyright-free book images via Flickr; CNet, 9/2/14

Here’s How Celebs Can Get Their Nude Selfies Taken Down; Time, 9/2/14