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

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. Preorders are available via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

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
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