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

Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 10/27/15

It's OK to hack your own car, US copyright authorities rule; Reuters via Guardian, 10/27/15

Thanks to a landmark ruling, information just got a little more free; Atlantic, 10/20/15

Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Public Draft: Positioning the United States Copyright Office for the Future; U.S. Copyright Office, 10/23/15

Senators Probe Copyright’s Impact on Software-Enabled Devices; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 10/23/15

Copyright concessions may be downside of TPP deal; Globe and Mail, 10/22/15

Netflix sued for streaming Bicycle Thieves 'without copyright'; Guardian, 10/23/15

Open Access Without Tears; Inside Higher Ed, 10/8/15

Titanic victory for fair use: appeals court says Google's book-scanning is legal; BoingBoing.net, 10/16/15

Senate Passes 10 Year Term for Librarian of Congress; Library Journal, 10/13/15

In Choreographed Campaigns, Candidates Stumble Over Choice of Music; New York Times, 10/12/15

Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears; Guardian, 10/9/15

A ‘Star Trek’ Dream, Spread From Upstate New York; New York Times, 10/11/15

Flooding Threatens The Times’s Picture Archive; New York Times, 10/12/15

Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot Under the Hood; New York Times, 9/26/15

No, You Don’t Need to Post a Facebook Copyright Status; New York Times, 9/28/15

Batmobile Wins Copyright Protection; Wall Street Journal, 9/23/15

The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip and Print Is Far From Dead; New York Times, 9/22/15

Music copyright reform takes center stage in Nashville; The Tennessean via USA Today, 9/21/15

'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules; Los Angeles Times, 9/22/15

PETA wants court to grant copyright to ape that snapped famous selfie; ArsTechnica.com, 9/22/15

Big new copyright fair use decision involving part owner of Miami Heat; Washington Post, 9/17/15

Rapper Rick Ross Loses 'Everyday I'm Hustlin'' Copyright Claim; Reuters via New York Times, 9/16/15

Why I gave up my copyright: Kirill Medvedev; Guardian, 9/17/15

Appeals court strikes a blow for fair use in long-awaited copyright ruling; ArsTechnica.net, 9/14/15

Copyright Office seeks your comments on its crazy, broken plan to deal with orphan works; BoingBoing.net, 9/14/15

The International Fight Over Marcel Duchamp's Chess Set; Atlantic, 9/8/15

More Closed-Door Meetings, a New Chief Transparency Officer, and Growing International Opposition to the Deal: What's Going on with the TPP; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 9/11/15

R.E.M. bashes Trump, Cruz for using 'It's the End of the World' at rally; CNN.com, 9/10/15

Can R.E.M. demand Donald Trump “cease and desist” playing their song?; Salon.com, 9/10/15

Defiant Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Could Face More Legal Trouble. This Time for Copyright.; Mother Jones, 9/9/15

Copyright and other Library of Congress computer systems are working again; Washington Post, 9/8/15

‘Mr. Holmes’ Lawsuit Reaches Settlement, Says Arthur Conan Doyle Estate Attorney; Variety, 9/3/15

We’re All Artists Now; New York Times, 9/4/15

The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t; New York Times, 8/19/15

In a dark corner of the Trans-Pacific Partnership lurks some pretty nasty copyright law; Washington Post, 9/3/15

Inspiration Or Appropriation? Behind Music Copyright Lawsuits; NPR, 9/5/15

Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm & Sanrio slice into cake-frosting seller; ComicBookResources.com, 9/4/15

Copyright Office’s online registration hasn’t worked for almost a week; Washington Post, 9/3/15

Outage slams copyright registration system at Library of Congress; FCW, 9/2/15

Can open data prevent a global food shortage?; Guardian, 9/2/15

Why Shouldn't Copyright Be Infinite?; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 9/1/15

Rousting the Book Pirates From Google; New York Times, 8/29/15

In My View: The Human Cost of Comics Piracy; DownTheTubes.net, 8/28/15

Lost 'Happy Birthday' Manuscript Found in Kentucky as Debate Over Song's Copyright Drags On; Billboard, 9/1/15

Who Owns Helen Gurley Brown’s Legacy?; New York Times, 8/22/15

This man found out the hard way that you can’t copyright a chicken sandwich; Fortune, 8/25/15

How open data can help save lives; Guardian, 8/18/15

Cheater, cheater, MOOC beater; Fortune, 8/26/15

The Fat Jew, Plagiarism and Copyright Law; Forbes, 8/24/15