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

Democrats press Trump on Copyright Office chief’s removal; The Hill, May 14, 2025

Top Priority for Pope Leo: Warn the World of the A.I. Threat; The New York Times, May 15, 2025

Republicans propose prohibiting US states from regulating AI for 10 years; The Guardian, May 14, 2025

Anthropic expert accused of using AI-fabricated source in copyright case; Reuters, May 13, 2025

Position Statement on the Termination of Dr. Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress; Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), May 14, 2025

Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks; The Guardian, May 13, 2025

Trump strikes a blow for AI – by firing the US copyright supremo; The Guardian, May 13, 2025

Trump Installs Top Justice Dept. Official at Library of Congress, Prompting a Standoff; The New York Times, May 12, 2025

Opt out or get scraped: UK’s AI copyright shake-up has Elton John, Dua Lipa fighting back; CNBC, May 12, 2025

US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired; The Register, May 12, 2025

Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training; TechCrunch, May 11, 2025

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 3: Generative AI Training, Pre-Publication; U.S. Copyright Office, May 2025

Trump fires top US copyright official; Politico, May 10, 2025

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump; Politico, May 8, 2025

COPYRIGHTING AI-ASSISTED FILM AND TV COULD GET COMPLICATED; Variety, May 5, 2025

ASU Law launches Wolin Family Center for Intellectual Property Law; ASU News, May 6, 2025

AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court; The Guardian, May 6, 2025

Meta lawsuit poses first big test of AI copyright battle; Financial Times, May 1, 2025

Copyright alone cannot protect the future of creative work; Brookings, May 1, 2025

Ministers to amend data bill amid artists’ concerns over AI and copyright; The Guardian, April 30, 2025

Meta Faces Copyright Reckoning in Authors’ Generative AI Case; Bloomberg Law, April 30, 2025

World Intellectual Property Day, 2025; The White House, April 26, 2025

How to Avoid Ethical Red Flags in Your AI Projects; IEEE Spectrum, April 27, 2025

Crumbl is sued for $24M over music copyright violations; Restaurant Business, April 28, 2025

Ask the ethicist: How to create guardrails for the AI age; WBUR, April 25, 2025

Sydney woman who sold a cartoon cat T-shirt told to pay US$100,000 in Grumpy Cat copyright case; The Guardian, April 25, 2025

U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Copyright Registration Toolkit; U.S. Copyright Office, April 22, 2025

AI and the visual arts: The case for copyright protection; Brookings, April 18, 2025