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

Court: Training AI Model Based on Copyrighted Data Is Not Fair Use as a Matter of Law; The National Law Review, February 11, 2025

U.S. Copyright Office Releases Publication Produced by Group of Economic Scholars Identifying the Economic Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Copyright Policy; U.S. Copyright Office, February 12, 2025

UNESCO Holds Workshop on AI Ethics in Cuba; UNESCO, February 7, 2025

Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations; Tom's Hardware, February 9, 2025

OpenAI says DeepSeek ‘inappropriately’ copied ChatGPT – but it’s facing copyright claims too; The Conversation, February 4, 2025

The public domain keeps culture vibrant. Why is it shrinking?; Vox, February 7, 2025

Google lifts its ban on using AI for weapons; BBC, February 5, 2025

Trump Return-to-Office Order Faces Big Exemption at Patent Office; Bloomberg Law, January 27, 2025

The US Copyright Office's new ruling on AI art is here - and it could change everything; ZDNet, February 3, 2025

Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized; The New York Times, February 3, 2025

DeepSeek has ripped away AI’s veil of mystique. That’s the real reason the tech bros fear it; The Observer via The Guardian, February 2, 2025

Copyright Office suggests AI copyright debate was settled in 1965; Ars Technica, January 30, 2025

AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office; AP, January 29, 2025

Utah Hockey Club scraps permanent Yeti nickname due to copyright dispute with cooler company; Yahoo Sports, January 29, 2025

Vatican says AI has 'shadow of evil,' calls for close oversight; Reuters, January 28, 2025

Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report; U.S. Copyright Office, Issue No. 1060, January 29, 2025

It's Copyright Week 2025: Join Us in the Fight for Better Copyright Law and Policy; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 27, 2025

Elton John backs Paul McCartney in criticising proposed overhaul to UK copyright system; The Guardian, January 27, 2025

Beyond ChatGPT: WVU researchers to study use and ethics of artificial intelligence across disciplines; WVU Today, January 22, 2025

Copyright Under Siege: How Big Tech Uses AI And China To Exploit Creators; Virginie Berger, January 25, 2025