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/

An AI Maker Was Just Found Liable for Copyright Infringement. What Does This Portend for Content Creators and AI Makers?; The Federalist Society, February 25, 2025

Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post’s opinion section. That’s a death knell; The Guardian, February 26, 2025

Post owner Bezos announces shift in opinions section; Shipley to leave; The Washington Post, February 26, 2025

Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, just sent out this email of total submission.; The Ink, February 26, 2025

UK newspapers launch campaign against AI copyright plans; Independent, February 25, 2025

Musicians release silent album to protest UK's AI copyright changes; Reuters, February 25, 2025

Goncharov (1973), Internet Folklore, and Corporate Copyright; JETLaw (The Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law), January 25, 2025

Copyright 'sell-out' will silence British musicians, says BRIAN MAY; Daily Mail, February 23, 2025

Are Birkenstocks a Work of Art? A German Court Says No.; The New York Times, February 20, 2025

AI and Copyright: Expanding Copyright Hurts Everyone—Here’s What to Do Instead; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), February 19, 2025

AI and ethics: No advancement can ever justify a human rights violation; Vatican News, February 16, 2025

Copyright battles loom over artists and AI; Financial Times, February 16, 2025

Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training; TechCrunch, February 14, 3025

AI companies flaunt their theft. News media has to fight back – so we're suing. | Opinion; USA Today, February 13, 2025

No. 42 law firm by head count could face sanctions over fake case citations generated by AI; ABA Journal, February 10, 2025

News publishers sue Cohere for copyright and trademark infringement; Axios, February 13, 2025

This is the First-Ever AI Image to Be Granted Copyright Protection; PetaPixel, February 12, 2025

As US and UK refuse to sign the Paris AI Action Summit statement, other countries commit to developing ‘open, inclusive, ethical’ AI;TechCrunch, February 11, 2025