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 law threatens your right to repair your car; Vox, 5/28/15

No more DIY farmer? John Deere copyright battle brings farm equipment ownership in question; Kankakee Daily Journal, 5/30/15

Appropriation art meets Instagram: Is copyright law ready?; MSNBC, 5/26/15

A reminder that your Instagram photos aren’t really yours: Someone else can sell them for $90,000; Washington Post, 5/25/15

The Turtles Win Class Action Certification In SiriusXM Copyright Lawsuit, Opening Door For Others; Forbes, 5/28/15

Publishing World Gathers This Week for Book Conventions; Associated Press via New York Times, 5/26/15

Obama administration asks U.S. top court to decline Google copyright appeal; Reuters, 5/26/15

Mr Holmes and the strange case of the alleged copyright infringement; Guardian, 5/26/15

Judge Wants to Know If 'Happy Birthday' Copyright Was Abandoned; Hollywood Reporter, 5/18/15

Google Wins Copyright And Speech Case Over 'Innocence Of Muslims' Video; NPR, 5/18/15

The benefits of studying copyright law? They're patently obvious; Guardian, 5/14/15

Super-scholars: MPAA offers $20,000 for academic research in copyright battle; Guardian, 5/7/15

[Podcast] Providing Universal Access to Modern Materials – and Living to Tell the Tale, Spring 2015

Ghostly Voices From Thomas Edison’s Dolls Can Now Be Heard; New York Times, 5/4/15

Grooveshark Shuts Down to Settle Copyright Infringement Suit; New York Times, 4/30/15

Library Associations Spearhead New Copyright Coalition; Library Journal, 4/30/15

Periscope Piracy Sets Up Grudge Match: Hollywood vs. Twitter; Variety, 5/3/15

Why the U.S. Copyright Office Wants to Run Away From Home; National Journal, 4/30/15

Less Noise but More Money in Data Science; New York Times, 4/28/15

Google Reaches Out to European Publishers, With $165 Million in Hand; New York Times, 4/28/15

The Man Who Broke the Music Business: The dawn of online piracy; New Yorker, 4/27/15

Dice Loaded Against Public in Canada's Copyright Term Extension; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 4/22/15

Woman Who Designed 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' Sign Dies; Associated Press via New York Times, 4/21/15

Why I'm Betting On Cities And Data; Huffington Post, 4/20/15

Proposed Update to Copyright Rules Eases Barriers to Security Research; National Journal, 4/20/15

'Fantastic Four' trailer leaked, pulled fast on copyright grounds; CNet, 4/19/15

HBO tracking down pirates who downloaded leaked Game of Thrones episodes; Sydney Morning Herald, 4/20/15

Copyright claims asserted in viral video of cop shooting fleeing suspect; Ars Technica, 4/17/15

Don’t Keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Secret; New York Times, 4/14/15

New State of America’s Libraries Report finds shift in role of U.S. libraries; American Library Association (ALA), 4/12/15

Through a Touch-Screen Looking Glass; New York Times, 4/10/15

John E. Walsh, Who Distilled the Bible, Dies at 87; New York Times, 4/8/15

YouTube’s copyright system has taken Rand Paul’s presidential announcement offline; Washington Post, 4/7/15

Over 50 and Back in College, Preparing for a New Career; New York Times, 4/3/15

Online Test-Takers Feel Anti-Cheating Software’s Uneasy Glare; New York Times, 4/5/15

[Book Review of ‘Culture Crash,’ by Scott Timberg], New York Times, 3/17/15

Card expired: The head of the Library of Congress must go; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/3/15

IT troubles plague Federal Copyright Office; NetworkWorld.com, 3/31/15

Citing ‘Greatest American Hero’ Case, Judge Rules ‘Three’s Company’ Parody Doesn’t Violate Copyright: Media; Deadline.com, 3/31/15

Roger L. Mayer, Pioneer of Film Preservation, Dies at 88; New York Times, 3/29/15

Access denied: Reporters say federal officials, data increasingly off limits; Washington Post, 3/30/15

The White House’s first chief data scientist is no stranger to Washington; Washington Post, 3/29/15

Meerkat, Game of Thrones and a Brewing Copyright Nightmare; Natinonal Journal, 3/26/15

EU announces plans to banish geo-blocking, modernize copyright law; Ars Technica, 3/271/5

Judge Hears Copyright Fight Over 'Happy Birthday To You'; National Law Journal, 3/23/15

Seth MacFarlane Wins in Lawsuit Claiming He Stole 'Ted' Idea; Reuters via New York Times, 3/24/15

Bill Would Limit Use of Student Data; New York Times, 3/22/15

In the Age of Information, Specializing to Survive; New York Times, 3/19/15

As Artworks Enter Public Domain, Rules Remain Confusing; New York Times, 3/13/15

Healthful alliance: UPMC, Pitt and CMU join forces in a big way; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/19/15