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/

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Chicken Soup for the Soul Sues AI Firms for Copyright Infringement; Publishers Weekly, March 20, 2026

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    Ed Nawotka  , Publishers Weekly;  Chicken Soup for the Soul Sues AI Firms for Copyright Infringement " Chicken Soup for the Soul is...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Federal jury rejects hymn copyright infringement claim against British composer; The Oregonian, March 20, 2026

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  Maxine Bernstein , The Oregonian;  Federal jury rejects hymn copyright infringement claim against British composer " A jury in Portla...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

The dictionaries are suing OpenAI for ‘massive’ copyright infringement, and say ChatGPT is starving publishers of revenue; Fortune, March 21, 2026

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Jake Angelo , Fortune;  The dictionaries are suing OpenAI for ‘massive’ copyright infringement, and say ChatGPT is starving publishers of re...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Music copyright case in Portland focuses on 12 bars from two Catholic hymns; The Oregonian, March 18, 2026

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Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive ;  Music copyright case in Portland focuses on 12 bars from two Catholic hymns " Two compos...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

UK reverses course on AI copyright position after backlash; Engadget, March 18, 2026

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Will Shanklin  , Engadget;  UK reverses course on AI copyright position after backlash "halk up a win for creative artists against AI c...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Organizations Warn Fast-Track of Bill to Separate Copyright Office from Library of Congress Would Be a ‘Grave Mistake’; IP Watchdog, March 18, 2026

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EILEEN MCDERMOTT , IP Watchdog;  Organizations Warn Fast-Track of Bill to Separate Copyright Office from Library of Congress Would Be a ‘Gra...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Now OpenAI is getting sued by the dictionary; Quartz, March 17, 2026

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Quartz Staff , Quartz;  Now OpenAI is getting sued by the dictionary Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued the ChatGPT maker, acc...

Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app; CNBC, March 17, 2026

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Emily Wilkins , CNBC ;  Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app "Sens.  Marsha Blackburn  and  Peter W...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Disney's new Cars ride uses patent technology that lets you steer freely across a mountain race course; Boing Boing, March 16, 2026

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RUBEN BOLLING , Boing Boing;  Disney's new Cars ride uses patent technology that lets you steer freely across a mountain race course ...

How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I.; The New York Times, March 16, 2026

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  David McCabe  and  Patricia Mazzei  , The New York Times;  How Trump Drove a Wedge Between Florida Republicans Over A.I. A Florida bill th...

The dictionary sues OpenAI; TechCrunch, March 16, 2026

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Amanda Silberling , TechCrunch;  The dictionary sues OpenAI " Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against ...

This Bill Would Force AI Companies to Disclose Copyrighted Works; PetaPixel, March 16, 2026

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 Pesala Bandara, PetaPixel;  This Bill Would Force AI Companies to Disclose Copyrighted Works " U.S. Senators Adam Schiff, a Democrat f...

UK to rule out sweeping AI copyright overhaul; Politico, March 11, 2026

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JOSEPH BAMBRIDGE , Politico;  UK to rule out sweeping AI copyright overhaul  The U.K. will rule out making creatives actively opt out of hav...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

SHELLEY’S ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ GETS AN AI REBOOT AT PASADENA’S HASTINGS BRANCH LIBRARY; Pasadena Now, March 15, 2026

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 Pasadena Now;  SHELLEY’S ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ GETS AN AI REBOOT AT PASADENA’S HASTINGS BRANCH LIBRARY A discussion today ties the 1818 novel'...

Music Copyright in the Gen AI Age: Where Are We Now?; Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment Law Blog, February 11, 2026

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Sam Woods  , Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment Law Blog;  Music Copyright in the Gen AI Age: Where Are We Now? " Imagine you are a mu...

AI is dressing up greed as progress on creative rights; Financial Times, March 14, 2026

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CAMILLA CAVENDISH , Financial Times;  AI is dressing up greed as progress on creative rights "At this week’s London Book Fair, a lot of...

ByteDance’s Controversial AI Video Model Reportedly on Hold Globally Due to Copyright Disputes; Gizmodo, March 14, 2026

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MIKE PEARL   , Gizmodo;  ByteDance’s Controversial AI Video Model Reportedly on Hold Globally Due to Copyright Disputes " According to ...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Perspective: No copyright for AI-generated content; Northern Public Radio, March 13, 2026

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David Gunkel , Northern Public Radio;  Perspective: No copyright for AI-generated content " What the courts actually decided is that ne...

The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech; The Guardian, March 13, 2026

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Editorial  , The Guardian;  The Guardian view on changes to copyright laws: authors should be protected over big tech "I n a scene that...

Why I’m Suing Grammarly; The New York Times, March 13, 2026

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Julia Angwin , The New York Times ;  Why I’m Suing Grammarly " Like all writers, I live by my wits. My ability to earn a living rests o...

What Was Grammarly Thinking?; The Atlantic, March 12, 2026

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  Kaitlyn Tiffany , The Atlantic ;  What Was Grammarly Thinking? A short-lived AI tool promised to help users write like the greats—and a bu...

Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar; CNN, March 11, 2026

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Lex Harvey,  Angus Watson , CNN;  Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar "Sydney-based fashion desi...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Former NFL players decry White House video mixing big hits, airstrikes; The Washington Post, March 12, 2026

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Robert Klemko , The Washington Post;  Former NFL players decry White House video mixing big hits, airstrikes " The football montage, wh...

Leveling Up or Losing Rights? Copyright Challenges of AI-Generated Content in Gaming; The National Law Review, March 12, 2026

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    Nichole Hayden ,  Zahra Asadi ,  Nelson Mullins    -  Idea Exchange - Insights , The National Law Review;  Leveling Up or Losing Rights?...

OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license; ABA Journal, March 6, 2026

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  AMANDA ROBERT  , ABA Journal;  OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license "OpenAI has been accused of practicing law without a ...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem; Undark, March 5, 2026

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  ADAM SCHIAVI , Undark;  Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem AI-powered digital assistants can do many complex tasks on their own. ...

An Artist Renounced His Family. They Sued to Acquire His Life’s Work.; The New York Times, March 11, 2026

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Arthur Lubow  , The New York Times;  An Artist Renounced His Family. They Sued to Acquire His Life’s Work.  A settlement is reached in the c...

Waterbury's Post University awarded $75.3M in copyright infringement lawsuit; CT Insider, March 11, 2026

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Richard Chumney  , CT Insider;  Waterbury's Post University awarded $75.3M in copyright infringement lawsuit "A federal jury compos...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Introducing The Anthropic Institute; Anthropic, March 11, 2026

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 Anthropic;  Introducing The Anthropic Institute " We’re launching  The Anthropic Institute , a new effort to confront the most signifi...
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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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