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/

Pope: Intelligence is seeking life's true meaning, not having reams of data; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, June 20, 2025

The Pope has a message for AI executives; Quartz, June 20, 2025

Pope Leo calls for an ethical AI framework in a message to tech execs gathering at the Vatican; CNN, June 20, 2025

How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America; Literary Hub, June 17, 2025

Bill Clinton says he wondered if Trump administration might try to ban his latest book; The Hill, June 18, 2025

Unbound Pages: Authors Against Book Bans fights for the freedom to read; WGBH, June 20, 2025

Trump administration could change the way we read, from book bans to author talks; USA TODAY, June 18, 2025

Carla Hayden on her time as a pioneering librarian of Congress and getting fired by Trump; PBS News, June 20, 2025

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