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/

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

How A Mickey Mouse Horror Movie Is Releasing Only 2 Months After Disney Lost The Copyright; Screen Rant, January 31, 2024

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  EIDHNE GALLAGHER , Screen Rant;  How A Mickey Mouse Horror Movie Is Releasing Only 2 Months After Disney Lost The Copyright " Mickey ...

California copyright-case leaves tattoo artists in limbo; Fox26 Houston, January 29, 2024

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Tom Zizka , Fox26 Houston ;  California copyright-case leaves tattoo artists in limbo " Patent and Copyright expert Joh Rizvi, known at...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Florida’s New Advisory Ethics Opinion on Generative AI Hits the Mark; JDSupra, January 29, 2024

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  Ralph Artigliere  , JDSupra;  Florida’s New Advisory Ethics Opinion on Generative AI Hits the Mark " As a former Florida trial lawyer...

Lawyers weigh strength of copyright suit filed against BigLaw firm; Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, January 29, 2024

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Pat Murphy  , Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly;  Lawyers weigh strength of copyright suit filed against BigLaw firm " Jerry Cohen, a Boston ...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Creatives Battling AI Companies Over Copyright Turn to Congress; Bloomberg Law, January 29, 2024

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Isaiah Poritz,  Legal Reporter;   Diego Areas Munhoz  Reporter, Bloomberg Law  ;   Creatives Battling AI Companies Over Copyright Turn to Co...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

When Louis Vuitton tries to make you change your brand name; BBC, January 27, 2024

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Laurence Cawley & Sally Beadle, BBC ;  When Louis Vuitton tries to make you change your brand name " IPO  Tribunal Judge Matthew Wi...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Library Copyright Alliance Principles for Copyright and Artificial Intelligence; Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), July 10, 2023

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  Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL);  Library Copyright Alliance...

Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use; ARL Views, January 23, 2024

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Katherine Klosek, Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations, Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Marjory S. Blumenthal, ...

Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Who Sued Over Copyright; The New York Times, January 26, 2024

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  Matt Stevens , The New York Times;  Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Who Sued Over Copyright " The artist Richard Prince agreed to...

Artificial Intelligence Law - Intellectual Property Protection for your voice?; JDSupra, January 22, 2024

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Steve Vondran , JDSupra ;  Artificial Intelligence Law - Intellectual Property Protection for your voice? " With the advent of AI techn...

Teaching kids about their intellectual property rights; KX.net, January 23, 2024

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  Joe Rinaldi , KX.net;  Teaching kids about their intellectual property rights "Right now, our children are living in an ever-changing...

Kat Von D Wins Copyright Case, Fair Use of Miles Davis Photo; Bloomberg Law, January 26, 2024

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Maia Spoto , Bloomberg Law;  Kat Von D Wins Copyright Case, Fair Use of Miles Davis Photo " A tattoo by celebrity artist Kat Von D of j...
Friday, January 26, 2024

‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ Increasingly, Who Knows?; The New York Times, January 24, 2024

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Alexandra Jacobs , The New York Times ;  ‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ Increasingly, Who Knows? " David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu’s surp...

A Stranger Bought a Set of Highly Personal Letters. Can I Call Him Out?; The Ethicist, The New York Times Magazine, January 25, 2024

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  Kwame Anthony Appiah , The Ethicist,The New York Times Magazine ;  A Stranger Bought a Set of Highly Personal Letters. Can I Call Him Out?...

George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses; The Hollywood Reporter, January 25, 2024

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  Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter ;  George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likene...

The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I.; The New York Times, January 25, 2024

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  Cecilia Kang , The New York Times;  The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I. " For decades, the Cop...

The Public Domain Benefits Everyone – But Sometimes Copyright Holders Won’t Let Go; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 22, 2024

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  CARA GAGLIANO , Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF);  The Public Domain Benefits Everyone – But Sometimes Copyright Holders Won’t Let Go ...

Computer scientist makes case for AI-generated copyrights in US appeal; Reuters, January 23, 2024

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  Blake Brittain , Reuters;  Computer scientist makes case for AI-generated copyrights in US appeal " Creative works generated entirely...
Thursday, January 25, 2024

We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.; The New York Times, January 25, 2024

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Stuart A. Thompson , The New York Times ;  We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image. " “Nobody knows how thi...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

It's Copyright Week 2024: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright Law and Policy; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 22, 2024

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KATHARINE TRENDACOSTA  , Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF);  It's Copyright Week 2024: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright Law ...

Is A.I. the Death of I.P.?; The New Yorker, January 15, 2024

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Louis Menand, The New Yorker ; Is A.I. the Death of I.P.? "Intellectual property accounts for some or all of the wealth of at least hal...

Kat Von D Claims Miles Davis Tattoo Is ‘Fair Use’ at Unusual Copyright Trial; Rolling Stone, January 23, 2024

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  NANCY DILLON , Rolling Stone;  Kat Von D Claims Miles Davis Tattoo Is ‘Fair Use’ at Unusual Copyright Trial " Jurors now hearing the ...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Stephen Thaler’s Quest to Get His ‘Autonomous’ AI Legally Recognized Could Upend Copyright Law Forever; Art News, January 8, 2024

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 Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, Art News;  Stephen Thaler’s Quest to Get His  ‘Autonomous’ AI Legally Recognized Could Upend Copyright Law Fore...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Lifecycle of Copyright: 1928 Works in the Public Domain; Library of Congress Blogs: Copyright Creativity at Work, January 8, 2024

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Alison Hall  , Library of Congress Blogs: Copyright Creativity at Work;  Lifecycle of Copyright: 1928 Works in the Public Domain " This...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

How John Deere Hijacked Copyright Law To Keep You From Tinkering With Your Tractor; Reason, January 8, 2024

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LUKE HOGG   , Reason;  How John Deere Hijacked Copyright Law To Keep You From Tinkering With Your Tractor " For nearly 25 years, Sectio...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Addressing the epidemic of high drug prices; Harvard Law Today, January 5, 2024

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 Jeff Neal,  Harvard Law Today;  Addressing the epidemic of high drug prices "The Biden administration is once again targeting high dru...

AI’s future could hinge on one thorny legal question; The Washington Post, January 4, 2024

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Will Oremus  and  Elahe Izadi  , The Washington Post;  AI’s future could hinge on one thorny legal question " Because the AI cases repr...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Great, now we have to become digital copyright experts; TechCrunch+, January 2, 2024

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  Alex Wilhelm , TechCrunch+;  Great, now we have to become digital copyright experts " How to balance the need to respect copyright  a...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Copyright law is AI's 2024 battlefield; Axios, January 2, 2023

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  Megan Morrone , Axios;  Copyright law is AI's 2024 battlefield " Looming fights over   copyright in AI   are likely to set the ne...

'Steamboat Willie' is now in the public domain. What does that mean for Mickey Mouse?; NPR, January 1, 2024

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Neda Ulaby  , NPR;  'Steamboat Willie' is now in the public domain. What does that mean for Mickey Mouse? " "You know, he...

Mickey Mouse Gets First Horror Parody Film as Steamboat Willie Enters Public Domain; CBR, January 1, 2024

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JEREMY DICK , CBR ;  Mickey Mouse Gets First Horror Parody Film as Steamboat Willie Enters Public Domain " Filmmakers are not wasting a...

Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Has Internet Scrambling For Steamboat Willie Horror Movie; ScreenRant, January 1, 2024

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HANNAH GEARAN  , ScreenRant;  Mickey Mouse Copyright Expiration Has Internet Scrambling For Steamboat Willie Horror Movie " The copyrig...
Monday, January 1, 2024

Mickey Mouse is finally in the public domain. Here’s what that means.; The Washington Post, January 1, 2024

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  Michael Cavna , The Washington Post;  Mickey Mouse is finally in the public domain. Here’s what that means. " Jennifer Jenkins, a law...

These Classic Characters Are Losing Copyright Protection. They May Never Be the Same.; The New York Times, January 1, 2024

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  Sopan Deb , The New York Times;  These Classic Characters Are Losing Copyright Protection. They May Never Be the Same. " In 2024, tho...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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