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/

Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’; The Guardian, January 9, 2025

Nosferatu (1922) Dracula Copyright Infringement Story Explained; Screen Rant, January 8, 2025

3Blue1Brown copyright takedown blunder by AI biz blamed on human error; The Register, January 7, 2025

The Internet Archive is in danger; WBUR, January 7, 2025

HOW SHERLOCK HOLMES BROKE COPYRIGHT LAW; The Atlantic, January 7, 2025

CSotD: Telnaes is only unemployed, not gone; The Daily Cartoonist, January 4, 2025

At the Intersection of A.I. and Spirituality; The New York Times, January 3, 2025

We're using AI for stupid and unnecessary reasons. What if we just stopped? | Opinion; Detroit Free Press, January 6, 2025

OpenAI holds off on promise to creators, fails to protect intellectual property; The American Bazaar, January 3, 2025

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump; Associated Press (AP) via Washington Post, January 4, 2025

A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed; NPR, January 4, 2025

Wicked and the Importance of the Public Domain; Reason, January 1, 2025

Florida Sports Blog Hit With Copyright Case; Law360, January 3, 2025

U.S. Copyright Office to Begin Issuing Further AI Guidance in January 2025; The National Law Review, January 2, 2025

POPEYE, ‘THE SKELETON DANCE,’ AND ‘SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN’ ENTER THE PUBLIC DOMAIN; Rolling Stone, January 1, 2025

Column: A Faulkner classic and Popeye enter the public domain while copyright only gets more confusing; Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2024

AI Developments at the U.S. Copyright Office in 2024; IP Watchdog, December 30, 2024

Anthropic Agrees to Enforce Copyright Guardrails on New AI Tools; Bloomberg Law, December 30, 2024

Happy Public Domain Day! Popeye, ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ ‘The Sound and the Fury’ and Thousands of Other Captivating Creations Are Finally Free for Everyone to Use; Smithsonian Magazine, December 30, 2024

Key IP Issues for the Next President and Congress to Tackle: AI and Patent Subject Matter Eligibility; IP Watchdog, December 29, 2024

Celebrate the grand opening of Kentucky’s newest Patent and Trademark Resource Center; United States Patent and Trademark Center (USPTO), December 19, 2024

Top Trademark Cases in 2024 and What to Watch in 2025; IP Watchdog, December 23, 2024

Trademark Tussle: When Elves Land on the Naughty List; Holland & Knight IP/Decode Blog, December 23, 2024

Copyright on the Calendar: Top Cases of 2024 and What to Watch in 2025; IP Watchdog, December 20, 2024

We Stood Up for Access to the Law and Congress Listened: 2024 in Review; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), December 25, 2024

A Farewell to Copyright: International Public Domain Day 2025; Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives, December 23, 2024

Pittsburgh-based medical drama 'The Pitt' comes to Max soon. Here's what you need to know; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 23, 2024

Warner Bros. Fires Back at Crichton Estate Over Claim ‘The Pitt’ Is an ‘ER’ Reboot: It’s a ‘Completely Different Show’; Variety, November 5, 2024

AI's assault on our intellectual property must be stopped; Financial Times, December 21, 2024

Overcoming AI’s Nagging Trust And Ethics Issues; Forbes, December 28, 2024

Eat’n Park sends another cease-and-desist over Smiley Cookie branding; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 27, 2024

SDNY Order Renews Possibility of Digital Millenium Copyright Act as Legal Recourse for News Organizations in the Age of AI; The National Law Review, December 23, 2024

While the Court Fights Over AI and Copyright Continue, Congress and States Focus On Digital Replicas: 2024 in Review; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), December 27, 2024