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/

Monday, April 21, 2025

2025 International IP Index; U.S. Chamber of Commerce, April 15, 2025

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 U.S. Chamber of Commerce;  2025 International IP Index " The U.S. Chamber’s International IP Index (IP Index) creates a roadmap for ec...

This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”; Vanity Fair, April 15, 2025

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KEZIAH WEIR , Vanity Fair; This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value” "Last month, I pro...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Jack Dorsey Says Intellectual Property Law Shouldn't Exist, and Elon Musk Agrees: 'Delete All IP Law'; Entrepreneur, April 14, 2025

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SHERIN SHIBU  EDITED BY  MELISSA MALAMUT    , Entrepreneur;  Jack Dorsey Says Intellectual Property Law Shouldn't Exist, and Elon Musk A...

From the courtroom to the notepad: Ian Crosby advocates for fair use; The Daily Mississippian, April 16, 2025

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Cameron Larkin  , The Daily Mississippian;  From the courtroom to the notepad: Ian Crosby advocates for fair use " How can journalism a...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

How to Find Copyright Owners For Covers and Samples; HypeBot, April 16, 2025

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Alana Bonilla  , HypeBot;  How to Find Copyright Owners For Covers and Samples "Want to use a someone else’s audio legally but don’t kn...

The philosopher’s machine: my conversation with Peter Singer’s AI chatbot; The Guardian, April 17, 2025

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  Stephanie Convery  , The Guardian;  The philosopher’s machine: my conversation with Peter Singer’s AI chatbot " Singer has had a long...

Creators Are Losing the AI Copyright Battle. We Have to Keep Fighting (Guest Column); The Hollywood Reporter, April 16, 2025

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Ed Newton-Rex ;  Creators Are Losing the AI Copyright Battle. We Have to Keep Fighting (Guest Column) " The struggle between AI compani...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

When was the last time AI made you laugh? Scenes from the 2025 Summit on AI, Ethics and Journalism; Poynter, April 11, 2025

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  TyLisa Johnson , Poynter ;  When was the last time AI made you laugh? Scenes from the 2025 Summit on AI, Ethics and Journalism " This...

The real argument artists should be making against AI; Vox, April 16, 2025

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  Sigal Samuel, Vox;   The real argument artists should be making against AI [Paywall to access]

Why Musk and Dorsey want to ‘delete all IP law’; The Washington Post, April 15, 2025

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Analysis by  Gerrit De Vynck  and  Will Oremus with research by  Andrea Jiménez  , The Washington Post;  Why Musk and Dorsey want to ‘delete...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case; TechCrunch, April 11, 2025

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Kyle Wiggers  , TechCrunch;  Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case " A group of professors specializing i...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Entrance to [Copyright] Paradise Halted by the Human-Authorship Requirement; The National Law Review, April 9, 2025

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Jonathan D. Reichman  of  Hunton Andrews Kurth     -  Publications  , The National Law Review;  Entrance to [Copyright] Paradise Halted by t...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists; Wired, February 20, 2025

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  REECE ROGERS  , Wired;  I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists " For me, the ethics of  generative AI  use can be b...

A banana taped to a wall? This artist says he did it first. The Supreme Court ignored him.; USA TODAY, April 7, 2025

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Maureen Groppe  , USA TODAY;  A banana taped to a wall? This artist says he did it first. The Supreme Court ignored him. " California a...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

OpenAI Copyright Suit Consolidation Portends Consistency, Risk; Bloomberg Law, April 8, 2025

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Annelise Levy ,  Kyle Jahner  , Bloomberg Law;  OpenAI Copyright Suit Consolidation Portends Consistency, Risk " OpenAI Inc.'s   ta...
Monday, April 7, 2025

List of Books Removed from USNA Library; America's Navy, April 4, 2025

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America's Navy;  List of Books Removed from USNA Library [Kip Currier: The freedoms to read, speak, and think are fundamental American v...
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit; Ars Technica, April 4, 2025

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ASHLEY BELANGER  , Ars Technica;  Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit " Essentially, the jud...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), March 31, 2025

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  CORYNNE MCSHERRY , Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF);  EFF Urges Third Circuit to Join the Legal Chorus: No One Owns the Law "This...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Publishers, journalists, and film producers attack ‘fundamentally flawed’ plan for enforcing Europe’s new AI law; Fortune, March 28, 2025

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  DAVID MEYER , Fortune;  Publishers, journalists, and film producers attack ‘fundamentally flawed’ plan for enforcing Europe’s new AI law ...
Friday, March 28, 2025

L.J. Smith, Author of ‘Vampire Diaries’ Book Series, Dies at 66; The New York Times, March 26, 2025

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  Jeré Longman , The New York Times;  L.J. Smith, Author of ‘Vampire Diaries’ Book Series, Dies at 66 " L.J. Smith, an author of young ...

ChatGPT's new image generator blurs copyright lines; Axios, March 28, 2025

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Ina Fried, Axios;  ChatGPT's new image generator blurs copyright lines " AI image generators  aren't new , but the one OpenAI h...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward; NPR, March 27, 2025

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Bobby Allyn , NPR ;  Judge allows 'New York Times' copyright case against OpenAI to go forward " A federal judge on Wednesday r...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life.; The New York Times, March 20, 2025

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    Kate Morgan , The New York Times ;  Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. " In labs around the world, sci...

Richard Osman urges writers to ‘have a good go’ at Meta over breaches of copyright; The Guardian, March 25, 2025

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Ella Creamer  , The Guardian;  Richard Osman urges writers to ‘have a good go’ at Meta over breaches of copyright " Richard Osman has s...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI; The Atlantic, March 20, 2025

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Alex Reisner  , The Atlantic;  Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI " Editor’s note: This search tool i...

Anthropic wins early round in music publishers' AI copyright case; Reuters, March 26, 2025

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Blake Brittain  , Reuters;  Anthropic wins early round in music publishers' AI copyright case " Artificial intelligence company Ant...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies ‘Exploit’ Copyrighted Works; Variety, March 17, 2025

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Todd Spangler , Variety;  Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies ‘Exploit’ Copyright...
Monday, March 24, 2025

How to tell when AI models infringe copyright; The Washington Post, March 24, 2024

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Editorial Board , The Washington Post;  How to tell when AI models infringe copyright " Fair use  has been a big part of AI companies’ ...

Should AI be treated the same way as people are when it comes to copyright law? ; The Hill, March 24, 2025

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  NICHOLAS CREEL , The Hill ;  Should AI be treated the same way as people are when it comes to copyright law?  " The New York Times’s ...

The Perils of ‘Free’ Information; Cato Institute, Spring 2025

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  Jonathan M. Barnett , Cato Institute;  The Perils of ‘Free’ Information " Everyone likes free stuff. But weak IP rights distort innov...
Friday, March 21, 2025

AI firms push to use copyrighted content freely; Axios, March 20, 2025

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 Ina Fried, Axios;  AI firms push to use copyrighted content freely " A sharp divide over AI engines' free use of copyrighted mater...
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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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