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

Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, speaks on her dismissal, the future of libraries at Philadelphia event; WHYY, June 29, 2025

The US Copyright Office is wrong about artificial intelligence; The Hill, June 30, 2025

An AI firm won a lawsuit for copyright infringement — but may face a huge bill for piracy; Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2025

ACM FAccT ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency; June 23-26, 2025, Athens, Greece

Global South voices ‘marginalised in AI Ethics’; Gates Cambridge, June 27, 2025

The Anthropic Copyright Ruling Exposes Blind Spots on AI; Bloomberg, June 26, 2025

No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office; Wired, June 27, 2025

Getty drops copyright allegations in UK lawsuit against Stability AI; AP, June 25, 2025

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features; The Guardian, June 27, 2025

Judge dismisses authors’ copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training; AP, June 25, 2025

Ball State University Libraries Launches Research Guide on Ethical AI Use; Ball State University, June 24, 2025

Anthropic’s AI copyright ‘win’ is more complicated than it looks; Fast Company, June 24, 2025

The copyright war between the AI industry and creatives; Financial Times, June 23, 2025

Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit; Reuters, June 24, 2025

Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book; Ars Technica, June 20, 2025

Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users’ Privacy; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), June 23, 2025

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