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/

Apple wins patent on technology to stop fans filming gigs; Guardian, 6/30/16

A Look at Copyright Lawsuits Involving Hit Songs; Associated Press via New York Times, 6/24/16

Exclusive: Google, Facebook Quietly Move Toward Automatic Blocking of Extremist Videos; Reuters via New York Times, 6/24/16

Trump Institute Offered Get-Rich Schemes With Plagiarized Lessons; New York Times, 6/29/16

‘Happy Birthday’ Lawyers Target Other Song Copyrights; Bloomberg Law, 6/28/16

Huckabee’s anti-gay-marriage rally leads to copyright suit, $25,000 payment; Ars Technica, 6/27/16

Flipping Journals to Open Access; Library Journal, 6/22/16

Illuminating the ‘Dark’ Web and Content Monitoring; New York Times, 6/24/16

Moonshine Maker Loses ‘Kentucky’ in Legal Battle With University; New York Times, 6/23/16

‘Star Trek: Axanar’ Producers Fire Back at ‘Draconian’ Fan Film Guidelines; Comic Book Resources, 6/24/16

Difference between trademark, copyright and patent; YourStory, 6/24/16

Free Led Zeppelin: “This is about music, it’s not about sound”; Salon, 6/22/16

Led Zeppelin Wins Copyright Infringement Suit Over Opening Lick of 'Stairway to Heaven'; ABC News, 6/23/16

Star Trek Fan Film Guidelines Announced; StarTrek.com, 6/23/16

China Smartphone Makers Snap Up Patents in Fight for Market Dominance; Wall Street Journal, 6/20/16

Exhibit Explores Ancient Roman 'Designer' Labels, Trademarks; Associated Press via ABC News, 6/16/16

Taylor Swift Wants YouTube To Treat Artists More Fairly, Too; Huffington Post, 6/20/16

Led Zeppelin faces copyright case for ‘Stairway to Heaven’; PBS NewsHour, 6/19/16

Progress Worth Noting: Congress Strengthens The Freedom Of Information Act And The Public’s Right To Know; Huffington Post, 6/17/16

Four Big Questions to Help You Understand the Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act; National Law Review, 6/16/16

What is a Trademark? Is Your Business Ready for one?; Small Business Trends, 6/16/16

Beijing Says Apple's iPhone 6 Violates Chinese Design Patent; NPR, 6/17/16

Appeals Court Gives Internet Service Providers Big Relief in Copyright Disputes; Hollywood Reporter, 6/18/16

You Will Never Unsee This Wondrously Strange Fake Japanese Advertisement for Donald Trump; Slate, 6/16/16

Everything you need to know about Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' copyright infringement trial; Entertainment Weekly, 6/16/16

Supreme Court Rules on Legal Fees in Copyright Cases; New York Times, 6/16/16

Panels Brainstorm Ideas On Innovation And Drug Access; Intellectual Property Watch, 6/15/16

Mr. Modi, Don't Patent Cow Urine; New York Times, 6/16/16

Paramount Says 'Star Trek' Fan Film Lawsuit Lives On; Hollywood Reporter, 6/16/16

Apple gets patent for wrap-around iPhone screen; CNN Money, 6/14/16

Carla Hayden is one Senate vote away from becoming a groundbreaking librarian of Congress; Washington Post, 6/10/16

Led Zeppelin’s ’Stairway to Heaven’ in Copyright Trial; Wall Street Journal, 6/14/16

Citigroup Sues AT&T Over 'Thanks' Word: Copyright Infringement; Tech Times, 6/12/16

New York Times Says Fair Use Of 300 Words Will Run You About $1800; New York Times, 6/10/16

The OPEN Government Data Act Would, Uh, Open Government Data; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 6/10/16

Open access: All human knowledge is there—so why can’t everybody access it?; Ars Technica, 6/7/16

Beyoncé faces lawsuit over claims Lemonade trailer 'copied' ideas; Guardian, 6/9/16

Ed Sheeran Sued For $20 Million For Allegedly Plagiarzing ‘Photograph’; Huffington Post, 6/8/16

Sweden bans M&M's logo in trademark battle; BBC News, 6/8/16

Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?; Wired, 6/6/16

Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ to Be Scrutinized in Court in Copyright Case; New York Times, 6/5/16

Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose is trying to get a 'fat photo' off the Internet; CNet, 6/5/16

IBM has been awarded an average of 24 patents per day so far in 2016; Quartz, 6/2/16

Public info, now: As county and city improve, the state stays lousy; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/6/16

The Google/Oracle decision was bad for copyright and bad for software; Ars Technica, 6/2/16

Open-access journal eLife gets £25-million boost; Nature, 6/1/16

Madonna prevails in copyright lawsuit over 'Vogue' song; Reuters, 6/2/16

Game of Thrones is taking action against Pornhub for breach of copyright; BBC News, 6/1/16

Music World Bands Together Against YouTube, Seeking Change to Law; New York Times, 5/31/16

Reprint of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Tests German Law; New York Times, 6/1/16