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

Eight US newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement; Associated Press via The Guardian, April 30, 2024

World IP Day: How the Copyright System Builds Our Common Future; Library of Congress Blogs: Copyright Creativity at Work, April 26, 2024

Op-Ed: AI’s Most Pressing Ethics Problem; Columbia Journalism Review, April 23, 2024

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs; NPR, April 23, 2024

LeBron James tattoo artist loses trial against 'NBA 2K' maker Take-Two; Reuters, April 19, 2024

Congress Explores AI and Copyright Law; The Federalist Society, April 16, 2024

Public domain, where there is life after copyright; CBS News, Sunday Morning, April 14, 2024

New bill would force AI companies to reveal use of copyrighted art; The Guardian, April 9, 2024

OpenAI’s GPT Store Is Triggering Copyright Complaints; Wired, April 4, 2024

Where AI and property law intersect; Arizona State University (ASU) News, April 5, 2024

Swift’s Latest Hit: Copyright Law; Boston College Law School Magazine Online, April 5, 2024

Taylor’s Version of copyright; Harvard Law School, April 3, 2024

George Carlin’s Estate Reaches Settlement After A.I. Podcast; The New York Times, April 2, 2024

Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj want stop to 'predatory' music AI; BBC, April 2, 2024

‘The People’s Joker’ and the Perils of Playing With a Studio’s Copyright; The New York Times, April 1, 2024

A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression; AP, March 28, 2024

Women transforming industries: Recognizing the power of intellectual property; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), April 24 12 Noon EDT

AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them.; The Washington Post, March 28, 2024

Meet Sarah Beth Morgan: An Animation Artist Drawn to Purpose; Library of Congress Blogs, March 28, 2024

Amicus Briefs Filed in Internet Archive Copyright Case; Publishers Weekly, March 25, 2024

Looking Forward: The U.S. Copyright Office’s AI Initiative in 2024; U.S. Copyright Office, March 26, 2024

Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations; The Conversation, March 22, 2024

Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI; NPR, March 22, 2024

Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’; The Guardian, March 15, 2024

Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers’ data was used for Gemini; TechCrunch, March 20, 2024

C-e-a-s-e and desist: 'The New York Times' goes after Wordle spinoffs; NPR, March 13, 2024

U.S. Copyright Office and USPTO Conclude Joint Study on Non-Fungible Tokens; U.S. Copyright Office, March 12, 2024

Moral Rights of the Artist (Humans Only): an Updated US Perspective; Center for Art Law Inc, January 12, 2024