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/

US appeals court curbs Copyright Office's mandatory deposit policy; Reuters, August 29, 2023

Copyright Office Issues Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence; U.S. Copyright Office, August 30, 2023

The sound of science: AI can ID musical copyright infringement better than human ears, WVU law experts say; WVU Today, August 28, 2023

Introduction to Intellectual Property; West Virginia Libraries (WVU) , Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Studios’ Offer to Writers May Lead to AI-Created Scripts That Are Copyrightable; The Hollywood Reporter, August 23, 2023

Our Summer of Artificial Intelligence: Copyright Office Hosts Two Webinars on Copyright and AI; U.S. Copyright Office, August 23, 2023

Internet Archive’s digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications; The Conversation, August 22, 2023

Scraping or Stealing? A Legal Reckoning Over AI Looms; Hollywood Reporter, August 22, 2023

Google and YouTube are trying to have it both ways with AI and copyright; The Verge, August 22, 2023

At a Jersey Shore bar, Taco Tuesday’s soul lives on in a trademark; The Washington Post, August 21, 2023

'The ghosts are not happy': 2 Fall River businesses clash over use of Lizzie Borden name; The Herald News, August 21, 2023

As Fight Over A.I. Artwork Unfolds, Judge Rejects Copyright Claim; The New York Times, August 21, 2023

AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause; The Hollywood Reporter, August 18, 2023

Record Labels File $412 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Internet Archive; Rolling Stone, August 12, 2023

Judge Approves Final Injunction in Publishers, Internet Archive Copyright Case; Publishers Weekly, August 15, 2023

Judgment Entered in Publishers, Internet Archive Copyright Case; Publishers Weekly, August 14, 2023

New York Times considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl; NPR, August 16, 2023

Photo Agencies Publish Open Letter Demanding AI Copyright Protection; petaPixel, August 10, 2023

Taylor Swift fans were right: Her next album is ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’; The Washington Post, August 10, 2023

Prosecraft has infuriated authors by using their books without consent – but what does copyright law say?; The Conversation, August 9, 2023

Film and music industries on edge: AI's growing influence stirs fear of job displacement, copyright issues; KATU2ABC, August 8, 2023

Meta launches AudioCraft, an open-source AI music generator; Mashable, August 3, 2023

Academic Book About Emojis Can’t Include The Emojis It Talks About Because Of Copyright; Techdirt, August 4, 2023

Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter; AP, August 3, 2023

Inside The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy; Library Journal, August 3, 2023

Can You Copyright a Photograph of Your AI Art?; Make Use Of, August 3, 2023

Dua Lipa faces new copyright lawsuit over hit Levitating; BBC, August 2, 2023

Webb Wright , The Drum; What you need to know about the copyright issues surrounding generative AI; The Drum, August 1, 2023

Judgment Phase of Internet Archive Copyright Case Appears Imminent; Publishers Weekly, August 1, 2023

New AI systems collide with copyright law; BBC News, July 31, 2023

Local internet star wages cat fight over online copyrights; Monroe Journal, July 28, 2023

Senators aim to protect small businesses from foreign IP theft with new bill; CNBC, July 27, 2023

Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' music video edited due to copyright issues; Good Morning America (GMA), July 26, 2023

Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name; Reuters, July 25, 2023

Elon Musk Apparently Didn’t Bother To Make Basic Preparations Ahead Of His Chaotic, Comical Rebranding Of Twitter As ‘X’ Despite His Decades-Long Obsession With The Letter; UPROXX, July 25, 2023

If artificial intelligence uses your work, it should pay you; The Washington Post, July 26, 2023

International Copyright Issues and Artificial Intelligence; U.S. Copyright Office, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 11 AM - 1 PM EDT

Why Carol Burnett Sued Family Guy (& What Happened Next); ScreenRant, July 25, 2023

The Generative AI Battle Has a Fundamental Flaw; Wired, July 25, 2023