Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Supreme Court Appears to Defend Patent on Soybean; New York Times, 2/19/13

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Adam Liptak, New York Times; Supreme Court Appears to Defend Patent on Soybean : "A freewheeling and almost entirely one-sided argumen...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics; New York Times, 2/19/13

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Dave Itzkoff, New York Times; Scholar Finds Flaws in Work by Archenemy of Comics : "Carol L. Tilley, an assistant professor at the Uni...

Good Samaritan returns $1,200 he found in hardware store - and gets rude reaction instead of a thank-you; Daily Mail, 2/15/13

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Daily Mail; Good Samaritan returns $1,200 he found in hardware store - and gets rude reaction instead of a thank-you : "A Missouri man...

Falling Far Short of the Whole Truth; New York Times, 2/13/13

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Russ Buettner, New York Times; Falling Far Short of the Whole Truth : "Questions were asked, which Ms. Sengupta, who was, in fact, in ...

Prof. bans Fox News: Classes not allowed to cite station; Examiner.com, 2/15/13

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Effie Orfanides, Examiner.com; Prof. bans Fox News: Classes not allowed to cite station : "A prof. bans Fox News at West Liberty Univ...

Q. and A. With Viviane Reding; New York Times, 2/2/13

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New York Times; Q. and A. With Viviane Reding . "Viviane Reding, the vice president of the European Commission and the justice commiss...

Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart; New York Times, 2/2/13

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Data Protection Laws, an Ocean Apart: "OVER the years, the United States and Europe have taken differ...

Son’s Suicide Leads to Aid for Students; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Kate Zernike, New York Times; Son’s Suicide Leads to Aid for Students : "Jane and Joe Clementi once considered suing Rutgers Universit...

Students Disciplined in Harvard Scandal; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times; Students Disciplined in Harvard Scandal : "Harvard has forced dozens of students to leave in its l...

Staying Private on the New Facebook; New York Times, 2/6/13

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Somini Sengupta, New York Times; Staying Private on the New Facebook : "Facebook is a personal vault that can contain photos of your f...

Police Call Match-Fixing Widespread in Soccer; New York Times, 2/4/13

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Sam Borden, New York Times; Police Call Match-Fixing Widespread in Soccer : "Soccer is known throughout much of the world as the beaut...

As Extremists Invaded, Timbuktu Hid Artifacts of a Golden Age; New York Times, 2/3/13

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Lydia Polgreen, New York Times; As Extremists Invaded, Timbuktu Hid Artifacts of a Golden Age : "“This is the record of the golden age...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

Exclusive: Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in New Book; Wall Street Journal, 2/1/13

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Tom Gara, Wall Street Journal; Exclusive: Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in New Book : "With the Arab uprisings rolling onward, “The Ne...

Twitter Hacked: Data for 250,000 Users May Be Stolen; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Nicole Perlroth, New York Times; Twitter Hacked: Data for 250,000 Users May Be Stolen : "Twitter announced late Friday that it had bee...

Washington Post Joins List of News Media Hacked by the Chinese; New York Times, 2/1/13

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Nicole Perlroth, New York Times; Washington Post Joins List of News Media Hacked by the Chinese : "Security experts said that in 2008,...

Hacking the Old Gray Lady; Slate.com, 1/31/13

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate.com; Hacking the Old Gray Lady : "The most important outcome here might be the chilling effect: Now that a Chines...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

In a French Case, a Battle to Unmask Twitter Users; New York Times, 1/24/13

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Eric Pfanner and Somini Sengupta, New York Times; In a French Case, a Battle to Unmask Twitter Users : "A French court on Thursday tol...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

On the Media: How social should the media be?; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/25/13

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Maria Sciullo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; On the Media: How social should the media be? : "Five years ago, it was unlikely any news org...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Restaurants Turn Camera Shy; New York Times, 1/22/13

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Helene Stapinski, New York Times; Restaurants Turn Camera Shy : "Mr. Chang is one of several chefs who either prohibit food photograph...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Daily Report: Even if It Outrages the Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected; New York Times, 1/22/13

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New York Times; Daily Report: Even if It Outrages the Boss, Social Net Speech Is Protected : "Employers often seek to discourage comme...

In New Ad, Conservative Group Questions Hagel’s Ethics; New York Times, 1/22/13

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Jim Rutenberg, New York Times; In New Ad, Conservative Group Questions Hagel’s Ethics : "The American Future Fund, a conservative grou...

Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access; New York Times, 1/20/13

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Amy Chozick, New York Times; Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access : "Internet Essentials is not a government program, alt...

Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94; New York Times, 1/17/13

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Margalit Fox, New York Times; Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94 : "Long before the Internet — and ...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Swarming a Book Online; New York Times, 1/20/13

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David Streitfeld, New York Times; Swarming a Book Online : "“Books used to die by being ignored, but now they can be killed — and perh...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Company Takes A Fair Shot At Facebook, LinkedIn, With Social Networking Patents; Intellectual Property Watch, 1/15/13

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William New, Intellectual Property Watch; Company Takes A Fair Shot At Facebook, LinkedIn, With Social Networking Patents : "A Virgin...

Alan Moore's Neonomicon censored by US library; Guardian, 12/6/12

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Alison Flood, Guardian; Alan Moore's Neonomicon censored by US library : ""In looking at it (Neonomicon) again, as I say, it ...

New Jersey Symphony President Quits After Questions on His Past; New York Times, 1/11/13

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New York Times; New Jersey Symphony President Quits After Questions on His Past : "The development came as a New York Times investigat...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Mother finds lost wallet, then distributes cash to her kids; Yahoo News, 1/10/13

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Yahoo News; Mother finds lost wallet, then distributes cash to her kids : "Joseph Smith had been shopping with his family at the Fayet...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Yes, You've Got Something To Hide; TechDirt.com, 1/9/13

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt.com; Yes, You've Got Something To Hide : "We've tried a few times to debunk the ridiculous logic of ...

Patron Privacy in a Digital World; American Libraries, 12/19/12

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Christopher Harris, American Libraries; Patron Privacy in a Digital World : "As content and patron interactions go online, there are a...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Defending the Notorious, and Now Himself; New York Times, 1/5/13

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Benjamin Weiser, New York Times; Defending the Notorious, and Now Himself : "IVAN S. FISHER, a prominent criminal defense lawyer in Ne...

If Lance Armstrong is coming clean, he owes hundreds of apologies to those he bullied; Yahoo Sports, 1/5/13

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Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports; If Lance Armstrong is coming clean, he owes hundreds of apologies to those he bullied : "Maybe this is a red...

Yet Another Rankings Fabrication; Inside Higher Ed, 1/2/13

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Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed; Yet Another Rankings Fabrication : "Tulane University has admitted that it sent U.S. News & World...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Outmaneuvered at Their Own Game, Antivirus Makers Struggle to Adapt; New York Times, 12/31/12

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Nicole Perlroth, New York Times; Outmaneuvered at Their Own Game, Antivirus Makers Struggle to Adapt : "Part of the problem is that an...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Congressional ethics investigators could soon be silenced; CNN.com, 12/29/12

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Scott Bronstein, Joe Johns, and Rahel Solomon, CNN.com; Congressional ethics investigators could soon be silenced : "Inside an ordinar...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Childhood, Uncensored; New York Times, 12/28/12

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Catherine Saint Louis, New York Times; Childhood, Uncensored : "Last year, Ms. Myracle’s so-called Internet girls series — consisting ...

Newspaper on Cape Cod Apologizes for a Veteran Reporter’s Fabrications; New York Times, 12/28/12

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Katherine Q. Seelye, New York Times; Newspaper on Cape Cod Apologizes for a Veteran Reporter’s Fabrications : "In their apology, the p...

Blogger Christopher Fountain Hits Back Against Gun Owners' Map, Publishes Addresses Of Journal News Staff; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/27/12

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HuffingtonPost.com; Blogger Christopher Fountain Hits Back Against Gun Owners' Map, Publishes Addresses Of Journal News Staff : "B...

Cranberry man files suit against LinkedIn; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/27/12

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Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Cranberry man files suit against LinkedIn : "A Cranberry man who heads a local foundation has file...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Shocking Amazing Spider-Man Plot Twist That Inspired Death Threats; Wired.com, 12/27/12

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Laura Hudson, Wired.com; The Shocking Amazing Spider-Man Plot Twist That Inspired Death Threats : "Poor Spider-Man. Five years after t...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Netflix Social Sharing Bill Passes Without Email Privacy Protection; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/26/12

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HuffingtonPost.com; Netflix Social Sharing Bill Passes Without Email Privacy Protection : "The "Netflix amendment" to the Vi...

New York Journal News Publishes Gun Owners' Names In Westchester, Rockland Counties; HuffingtonPost.com, 12/25/12

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Rebecca Shapiro, HuffingtonPost.com; New York Journal News Publishes Gun Owners' Names In Westchester, Rockland Counties : "Some c...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

When Media’s Decision in the Face of Events Is to Say Nothing About Them; New York Times, 12/23/12

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Will Storey, New York Times; When Media’s Decision in the Face of Events Is to Say Nothing About Them : "For the previous decade, The ...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Giving Mom’s Book Five Stars? Amazon May Cull Your Review; New York Times, 12/22/12

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David Streitfeld, New York Times; Giving Mom’s Book Five Stars? Amazon May Cull Your Review : "Amazon has not said how many reviews it...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

As Debt Rises and Job Prospects Dim, Some Say It's Time to Put a Warning Label on Graduate School; Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/9/12

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Stacey Patton, Chronicle of Higher Education; As Debt Rises and Job Prospects Dim, Some Say It's Time to Put a Warning Label on Graduate...
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eBooks For Libraries Web Site Relaunches, Focus is Now Public Awareness About Issues; Library Journal, 12/11/12

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Gary Price, Library Journal; eBooks For Libraries Web Site Relaunches, Focus is Now Public Awareness About Issues : ""The eBooks ...
Sunday, December 2, 2012

Basketball Players’ Night Off Makes a Stand for Sitting Out; New York Times, 11/30/12

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Sam Borden, New York Times; Basketball Players’ Night Off Makes a Stand for Sitting Out : "“I don’t think he did anything unethical,” ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Can a Professor Require Civility?; Inside Higher Ed, 11/19/12

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Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed; Can a Professor Require Civility? : "Robert Kreiser, senior program officer at the American Assoc...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Educator Aided Others at Cheating, U.S. Charges; New York Times, 11/26/12

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Motoko Rich, New York Times; Educator Aided Others at Cheating, U.S. Charges : "Federal prosecutors in Memphis are investigating an ed...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

YouTube Refuses to Yank Israeli Kill Video as Hamas Attacks Jerusalem; Wired.com, 11/16/12

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Noah Shachtman, Wired.com; YouTube Refuses to Yank Israeli Kill Video as Hamas Attacks Jerusalem : "Israel launched its “Operation Pil...
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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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