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/

Conservative groups demand Congress protect intellectual property from patent abuse; Washington Examiner, June 18, 2025

US patent office wants an AI to scan for prior art, but doesn't want to pay for it; The Register, June 20, 2025

‘Wall-E With a Gun’: Midjourney Generates Videos of Disney Characters Amid Massive Copyright Lawsuit; Wired, June 20, 2025

Two Major Lawsuits Aim to Answer a Multi-Billion-Dollar Question: Can AI Train on Your Creative Work Without Permission?; The National Law Review, June 18, 2025

The Fight Over AI Is Just Beginning, and Artists Like Elton John Are Leading the Way; Billboard, June 18, 2025

Five Months into the Trump Presidency: Charting the latest offensives against libraries and how advocates are pushing back; American Libraries, June 18, 2025

AI copyright anxiety will hold back creativity; MIT Technology Review, June 17, 2025

ED SHEERAN’S ‘THINKING OUT LOUD’ COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT WON’T GO TO SUPREME COURT; Rolling Stone, June 16, 2025

Elon Musk’s Tesla sues former Optimus robot engineer for allegedly stealing trade secrets; New York Post, June 12, 2025

AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks; AP, June 12, 2025

Two men jailed for life for supplying car bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia; The Guardian, June 10, 2025

What Swift fan accounts should know about copyright after Barstool's 'Taylor Watch' canceled; USA TODAY, June 12, 2025

How Disney’s AI lawsuit could shift the future of entertainment; The Washington Post, June 11, 2025

In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement; NPR, June 12, 2025

Disney, Universal File First Major Studio Lawsuit Against AI Company, Sue Midjourney for Copyright Infringement: ‘This Is Theft’; Variety, June 11, 2025

Global AI: Compression, Complexity, and the Call for Rigorous Oversight; ABA SciTech Lawyer, May 9, 2025

Getty Images Faces Off Against Stability in Court as First Major AI Copyright Trial Begins; PetaPixel, June 10, 2025

Lawyers face sanctions for citing fake cases with AI, warns UK judge; Reuters, June 6, 2025

5 Dangerous Myths About AI Ethics You Shouldn’t Believe; Forbes, May 14, 2025

Newsmaker: Brewster Kahle; American Libraries, June 4, 2025

Getty argues its landmark UK copyright case does not threaten AI; Reuters, June 9, 2025

OpenAI to appeal copyright ruling in NY Times case as Altman calls for 'AI privilege'; Foxbusiness, June 6, 2025

Former Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden speaks out about her firing by Trump; CBS, June 6, 2025

UK government signals it will not force tech firms to disclose how they train AI; The Guardian, June 6, 2025

How AI and copyright turned into a political nightmare for Labour; Politico.eu, June 4, 2025

Do AI systems have moral status?; Brookings, June 4, 2025

AI firms say they can’t respect copyright. These researchers tried.; The Washington Post, June 5, 2025

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore; NPR, June 6, 2025

Government AI copyright plan suffers fourth House of Lords defeat; BBC, June 2, 2025