Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Thursday, February 19, 2026

The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell; The Guardian, February 19, 2026

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  Azada Raha, from Rukhshana Media , The Guardian;  The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell " Most of th...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert; The Atlantic, February 17, 2026

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   David A. Graham  , The Atlantic;  Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert "Crackdowns on speech by prominent figures pave a way for the...

Trump Wants His Name Trademarked For Airports—Raising Questions About Profiteering; Forbes, February 18, 2026

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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher  , Forbes;  Trump Wants His Name Trademarked For Airports—Raising Questions About Profiteering " President Trump...

Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not; The New York Times, February 16, 2026

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    Luke Fortney  , The New York Times;  Dinner Is Being Recorded, Whether You Know It or Not " To be in public is to risk being filmed...

1970 No. 1 Hit Song Sparked the Decade’s Biggest Copyright Lawsuit; Men's Journal, February 17, 2026

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  MATTHEW THOMAS , Men's Journal;  1970 No. 1 Hit Song Sparked the Decade’s Biggest Copyright Lawsuit " On November 28, 1970, Georg...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

New research from Notre Dame theologian and Vatican working group explores how to ‘reclaim human agency’ in age of AI; Notre Dame News, February 17, 2026

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  Carrie Gates , Notre Dame News;  New research from Notre Dame theologian and Vatican working group explores how to ‘reclaim human agency’ ...

Setting AI Policy; Library Journal, February 9, 2026

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  Matt Enis , Library Journal;  Setting AI Policy " As artificial intelligence tools become pervasive, public libraries may want to est...

Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood; The New York Times, February 16, 2026

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Derrick Bryson Taylor , The New York Times;  Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood  " Charles Rivkin, th...

The economics of AI outweigh ethics for tech CEOs, business leader says; CNN, February 16, 2026

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 CNN;  The economics of AI outweigh ethics for tech CEOs, business leader says " Podcast host and business leader Scott Galloway joins ...
Monday, February 16, 2026

AI legal advice is driving lawyers bananas; Axios, February 9, 2026

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 Emily Peck, Axios;  AI legal advice is driving lawyers bananas " AI   promises to make work more productive for lawyers, but there...

ByteDance says it will add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash; CNBC, February 16, 2026

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Dylan Butts, CNBC;  ByteDance says it will add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash "Chinese tech giant ByteDance ha...

Accounting giant KPMG fines partner for using AI to cheat on training exam; Semafor, February 16, 2026

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  Tom Chivers , Semafor ;  Accounting giant KPMG fines partner for using AI to cheat on training exam " The accounting giant KPMG fined...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

I Trusted Jeff Bezos. The Joke’s on Me.; The New York Times, February 14, 2026

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   Lydia Polgreen , The New York Times;  I Trusted Jeff Bezos. The Joke’s on Me. " At the end of the century, a journalism scholar publ...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

How ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ pushed the limits of copyright law to create its most WTF moments; Page Six Hollywood, February 14, 2026

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  Katcy Stephan , Page Six Hollywood;  How ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ pushed the limits of copyright law to create its most WTF ...

How Fast Can A.I. Change the Workplace?; The New York Times, February 14, 2026

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  ROSS DOUTHAT , The New York Times;  How Fast Can A.I. Change the Workplace? " People need to understand the part of this argument tha...

Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months; Business Insider, February 12, 2026

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  Lloyd Lee  and  Kelsey Vlamis , Business Insider;  Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automat...

Scoop: Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0; Axios, February 13, 2026

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Sara Fischer, Axios ;  Scoop: Disney sends cease and desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0 " The   Walt Disney Company   on Frid...

The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling; The Guardian, February 13, 2026

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  Editorial , The Guardian;  The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling [Kip Currier: This is the "money quote...
Friday, February 13, 2026

A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education; The New York Times, February 12, 2026

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Matthew Connelly , The New York Time;  A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education " Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A...

MPA Calls On TikTok Owner ByteDance To Curb New AI Model That Created Tom Cruise Vs. Brad Pitt Deepfake; Deadline, February 12, 2026

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Ted Johnson , Deadline;  MPA Calls On TikTok Owner ByteDance To Curb New AI Model That Created Tom Cruise Vs. Brad Pitt Deepfake " As  ...

Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case; Ars Technica, February 6, 2026

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  ASHLEY BELANGER  , Ars Technica;  Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case "F rustrated by fake citations and flow...
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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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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