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/

Monday, June 22, 2020

2 Sentenced to House Arrest in Long-Running Scheme to Steal Rare Books; The New York Times, June 20, 2020

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Michael Levenson , The New York Times; 2 Sentenced to House Arrest in Long-Running Scheme to Steal Rare Books [Kip Currier: We've bee...
Monday, June 15, 2020

Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees; NPR, June 15, 2020

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Nina Totenberg , NPR; Supreme Court Delivers Major Victory To LGBTQ Employees "The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 1964 Civi...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Sentencing Thursday for two accused in Carnegie Library rare book theft; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 14, 2020

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Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;  Sentencing Thursday for two accused in Carnegie Library rare book theft " It doesn’t matte...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife; The New York Times, June 9, 2020

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Jim Robbins , The New York Times;  With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife Using tiny sensors and equipme...

What Do I Do if My Employer Does Something I Can’t Abide?; The New York Times, June 12, 2020

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Roxane Gay , The New York Times;  What Do I Do if My Employer Does Something I Can’t Abide? You have to calibrate the difference between...
Friday, June 12, 2020

AI, Robots, and Ethics in the Age of COVID-19; MIT Sloan Management Review, May 12, 2020

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Ayanna Howard and Jason Borenstein; AI, Robots, and Ethics in the Age of COVID-19 "There are many critical considerations we have to ...

Proposals for Copyright Law and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic; infojustice, June 9, 2020

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Emily Hudson and Paul Wragg, infojustice; Proposals for Copyright Law and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic " Abstract: This ar...

Internet Archive ends “emergency library” early to appease publishers; Ars Technica, June 11, 2020

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Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica; Internet Archive ends “emergency library” early to appease publishers Online library asks publishers...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Imagine weathering this without Internet. Many are — and Congress should help.; The Washington Post, May 27, 2020

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Editorial Board   , The Washington Post;  Imagine weathering this without Internet. Many are — and Congress should help. " The digita...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Microaggressions Are A Big Deal: How To Talk Them Out And When To Walk Away; NPR, June 9, 2020

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Andrew Limbong, NPR;  Microaggressions Are A Big Deal: How To Talk Them Out And When To Walk Away " Kevin Nadal , a professor of psyc...

Narcan or No?; American Libraries, June 1, 2020

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Anne Ford , American Libraries;  Narcan or No? Several years into the opioid crisis, public librarians reflect on whether to stock free n...
Monday, June 8, 2020

Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over Free E-Books; The New York Times, June 1, 2020

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Elizabeth A. Harris , The New York Times; Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over Free E-Books Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachett...
Sunday, June 7, 2020

These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion; Fast Company, May 15, 2020

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Adele Peters, Fast Company; These drones will plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion " Flash Forest ,...

The Drones Were Ready for This Moment; The New York Times, May 23, 2020

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Alex Williams, The New York Times ; The Drones Were Ready for This Moment "Coronavirus has been devastating to humans, but may wel...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

WIPO’s Conversation on IP and AI to Continue as a Virtual Meeting; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), May 29, 2020

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Press Release, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);  WIPO’s Conversation on IP and AI to Continue as a Virtual Meeting " ...

Think Outside the Box, Jack; The New York Times, May 30, 2020

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Maureen Dowd , The New York Times ;  Think Outside the Box, Jack :  Trump, Twitter and the society-crushing pursuit of monetized rage. ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

What are the ethics behind covid-19 ‘immunity passports’?; The Washington Post, May 10, 2020

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Govind Persad  and  Ezekiel J. Emanuel , The Washington Post;  What are the ethics behind covid-19 ‘immunity passports’? " Other crit...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

The Copyright Lawsuit in Tiger King Is an Outrage; Slate, May 7, 2020

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Joshua Lamel, Slate;  The Copyright Lawsuit in  Tiger King  Is an Outrage " Copyright is the perfect vehicle for SLAPP suits. First o...

A Library Redeploys in COVID-19: Another Reason to Love Librarians; Nonprofit Quarterly, April 22, 2020

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Ruth McCambridge , Nonprofit Quarterly;  A Library Redeploys in COVID-19:  Another Reason to Love Librarians "Kim Edson, the hea...

Movers & Shakers: The People Shaping the Future of Libraries; Library Journal, May 2020

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Francine Fialkoff, Project Manager and Cofounder, LJ Movers and Shakers , Library Journal;  Movers and Shakers: The People Shaping the Futur...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Don't Settle for Normal; Library Journal, May 5, 2020

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Meredith Schwartz   , Library Journal;  Don't Settle for Normal " We all know this COVID moment is not normal. It can be hard, in...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

A judge transformed her courtroom into a reality TV show about domestic violence victims, says ethics probe; The Washington Post, May 7, 2020

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Katie Shepherd   , The Washington Post; A judge transformed her courtroom into a reality TV show about domestic violence victims, says ethic...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

'The Great Equalizer': Why Some Arizona Libraries Offer Curbside Service Amid COVID-19; KJZZ.com, May 6, 2020

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Christina Estes , KJZZ.org;  'The Great Equalizer': Why Some Arizona Libraries Offer Curbside Service Amid COVID-19 [Kip Currie...

To Protect Black Americans from the Worst Impacts of COVID-19, Release Comprehensive Racial Data; Scientific American, April 24, 2020

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Joia Crear-Perry ,  Michael McAfee   , Scientific American;  To Protect Black Americans from the Worst Impacts of COVID-19, Release Comprehe...

Seeking Ethics Through Narrative During COVID-19; PittWire, April 16, 2020

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Amerigo Allegretto, PittWire;   Seeking Ethics Through Narrative During COVID-19 " In her redesigned Literature and Medicine course, ...

For Jeffrey Epstein, MIT Was Just a Safety School; Wired, May 4, 2020

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Noam Cohen, Wired;  For Jeffrey Epstein, MIT Was Just a Safety School " The MIT and Harvard reports are most illuminating when read t...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Harvard’s Epstein corruption deserves a full airing — even amid a pandemic; The Washington Post, May 4, 2020

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Charles Lane , The Washington Post ;   Harvard’s Epstein corruption deserves a full airing — even amid a pandemic [Kip Currier: Fortui...
Monday, May 4, 2020

Has COVID-19 changed the face of tech ethics forever?; IDG, April 23, 2020

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Pat Martlew, IDG ;  Has COVID-19 changed the face of tech ethics forever? " So, are the more heavy-handed approaches worth implementin...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Open Access, Open Source, and the Battle to Defeat COVID-19; JD Supra, April 22, 2020

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PerkinsCoie, JD Supra;  Open Access, Open Source, and the Battle to Defeat COVID-19 " No legal development over the past decades has ...
Friday, May 1, 2020

How to find copyright-free images (and avoiding a stock photo subscription); TNW, April 29, 2020

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MIX  ,  TNW;  How to find copyright-free images (and avoiding a stock photo subscription) " If you search for any term and head to th...
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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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