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

How Copyright Terms Restrict Scholarship; Pacific Standard, 2/17/15

A Cheat Sheet for Copyright Reforms: Radio Royalties, Simplified Licensing and More; Billboard, 2/17/15

A New Copyright Complaint Against Richard Prince; New York Times, 2/16/15

Indonesia Fails to Solve Olympic Ring Row Amid IOC Ban Talks; Reuters via New York Times, 2/18/15

'Dumb and Dumber To' Piracy Leads to Copyright Lawsuits (Exclusive); Hollywood Reporter, 2/13/15

Open data: how mobile phones saved bananas from bacterial wilt in Uganda; Guardian, 2/11/15

Can We Strengthen our Fragile Public Domain?; Library Journal, 2/12/15

Estonian Man Pleads Guilty in Megaupload Piracy Case; Associated Press via New York Times, 2/13/15

Court Revives Copyright Lawsuit Against Singer Frankie Valli; Associated Press via New York Times, 2/10/15

Google boss warns of 'forgotten century' with email and photos at risk; Guardian, 2/13/15

Law Firm Founds Project to Fight ‘Revenge Porn’; Deal Book, 1/29/15

The NFL wants you to think these things are illegal; Ars Technica, 1/31/15

The Real Reason People Keep Plagiarizing Tom Petty; Slate, 1/27/15

Sam Smith on Tom Petty Settlement: 'Similarities' But 'Complete Coincidence'; Rolling Stone, 1/26/15

Dish found not to infringe Fox's copyright by letting users stream programs; PC World, 1/21/15

Fair Use Is Not An Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential to Copyright; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 1/21/15

Mein Kampf: The world’s most dangerous book?; BBC News, 1/13/15

Ford Tries to Shut Down Independent Repair Tool with Copyright; Electronic Frontier Foundation, 1/6/15

The Facebook ‘copyright notice’ hoax; Washington Post, 1/6/15

‘Game of Thrones’ Most Pirated Show For Third Straight Year; ComicBookResources.com, 12/29/14

A Parody of a Mockumentary. Now That’s Meta; New York Times, 12/17/14

Rare Dylan Recordings Set for Release in Copyright-Extension Bid; New York Times, 12/5/14

Grappling With the ‘Culture of Free’ in Napster’s Aftermath; New York Times, 12/7/14

Copyright Law Is Being Rewritten Right Now, and You Can Help; Wired.com, 12/8/14

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