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 1, 2024

The economy and ethics of AI training data; Marketplace.org, January 31, 2024

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Matt Levin , Marketplace.org;   The economy and ethics of AI training data " Maybe the only industry hotter than artificial intelligenc...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Lawyers viewed as more ethical than car salespeople and US lawmakers; ABA Journal, January 30, 2024

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DEBRA CASSENS WEISS , ABA Journal ;  Lawyers viewed as more ethical than car salespeople and US lawmakers "Only 16% of Americans rate l...

California copyright-case leaves tattoo artists in limbo; Fox26 Houston, January 29, 2024

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  Tom Zizka , Fox26 Houston ;  California copyright-case leaves tattoo artists in limbo " Patent and Copyright expert Joh Rizvi, known ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Florida’s New Advisory Ethics Opinion on Generative AI Hits the Mark; JDSupra, January 29, 2024

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Ralph Artigliere  , JDSupra;  Florida’s New Advisory Ethics Opinion on Generative AI Hits the Mark " As a former Florida trial lawyer a...

Lawyers weigh strength of copyright suit filed against BigLaw firm; Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, January 29, 2024

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  Pat Murphy  , Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly;  Lawyers weigh strength of copyright suit filed against BigLaw firm " Jerry Cohen, a Bosto...

Where's the best place to find a robot cat? The library, of course; ZDNet, January 27, 2024

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Chris Matyszczyk,  , ZDNet;  Where's the best place to find a robot cat? The library, of course " As Oregon Public Broadcasting (OP...
Monday, January 29, 2024

From Our Fellows – From Automation to Agency: The Future of AI Ethics Education; Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), January 29, 2024

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Ashley Lee ,  Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society Affiliate , Harvard University and CDT Non-Resident Fellow alum, and  Victoria H...
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Library Copyright Alliance Principles for Copyright and Artificial Intelligence; Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), July 10, 2023

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Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL);  Library Copyright Alliance P...

Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use; ARL Views, January 23, 2024

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  Katherine Klosek, Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations, Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Marjory S. Blumenthal...

Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Who Sued Over Copyright; The New York Times, January 26, 2024

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Matt Stevens , The New York Times;  Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Who Sued Over Copyright " The artist Richard Prince agreed to p...

Artificial Intelligence Law - Intellectual Property Protection for your voice?; JDSupra, January 22, 2024

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  Steve Vondran , JDSupra ;  Artificial Intelligence Law - Intellectual Property Protection for your voice? " With the advent of AI tec...
Friday, January 26, 2024

‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ Increasingly, Who Knows?; The New York Times, January 24, 2024

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  Alexandra Jacobs , The New York Times ;  ‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ Increasingly, Who Knows? " David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu’s su...

A Stranger Bought a Set of Highly Personal Letters. Can I Call Him Out?; The Ethicist, The New York Times Magazine, January 25, 2024

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    Kwame Anthony Appiah , The Ethicist,The New York Times Magazine ;  A Stranger Bought a Set of Highly Personal Letters. Can I Call Him Ou...

George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likenesses; The Hollywood Reporter, January 25, 2024

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  Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter ;  George Carlin Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special in Key Lawsuit Over Stars’ Likene...

The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I.; The New York Times, January 25, 2024

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    Cecilia Kang , The New York Times;  The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over A.I. " For decades, the C...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Ethics Ratings of Nearly All Professions Down in U.S.; Gallup, January 22, 2024

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  MEGAN BRENAN  AND  JEFFREY M. JONES , Gallup;  Ethics Ratings of Nearly All Professions Down in U.S. "Americans’ ratings of nearly al...

Is A.I. the Death of I.P.?; The New Yorker, January 15, 2024

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 Louis Menand, The New Yorker ;  Is A.I. the Death of I.P.? "Intellectual property accounts for some or all of the wealth of at least h...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Addressing equity and ethics in artificial intelligence; American Psychological Association, January 8, 2024

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  Zara Abrams , American Psychological Association;  Addressing equity and ethics in artificial intelligence " As artificial intelligen...

"Stories Are Just Something That Can Be Eaten by an AI": Marvel Lashes Out at AI Content with a Mind-Blowing X-Men Twist; ScreenRant, January 9, 2024

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TRISTAN BENNS , ScreenRant;  "Stories Are Just Something That Can Be Eaten by an AI": Marvel Lashes Out at AI Content with a Mind-...

Lifecycle of Copyright: 1928 Works in the Public Domain; Library of Congress Blogs: Copyright Creativity at Work, January 8, 2024

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  Alison Hall  , Library of Congress Blogs: Copyright Creativity at Work;  Lifecycle of Copyright: 1928 Works in the Public Domain " Th...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

How John Deere Hijacked Copyright Law To Keep You From Tinkering With Your Tractor; Reason, January 8, 2024

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  LUKE HOGG   , Reason;  How John Deere Hijacked Copyright Law To Keep You From Tinkering With Your Tractor " For nearly 25 years, Sect...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Addressing the epidemic of high drug prices; Harvard Law Today, January 5, 2024

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Jeff Neal, Harvard Law Today;  Addressing the epidemic of high drug prices "The Biden administration is once again targeting high drug ...

AI’s future could hinge on one thorny legal question; The Washington Post, January 4, 2024

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  Will Oremus  and  Elahe Izadi , The Washington Post;  AI’s future could hinge on one thorny legal question " Because the AI cases rep...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Great, now we have to become digital copyright experts; TechCrunch+, January 2, 2024

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    Alex Wilhelm , TechCrunch+;  Great, now we have to become digital copyright experts " How to balance the need to respect copyright ...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

READ: Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation letter; CNN, January 2, 2023

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  CNN Staff , CNN;  READ: Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation letter " The following is Harvard President Claudine Gay’s  resi...

Copyright law is AI's 2024 battlefield; Axios, January 2, 2023

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Megan Morrone , Axios;  Copyright law is AI's 2024 battlefield " Looming fights over   copyright in AI   are likely to set the new ...

How the Federal Government Can Rein In A.I. in Law Enforcement; The New York Times, January 2, 2024

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  Joy Buolamwini  and  Barry Friedman , The New York Times;  How the Federal Government Can Rein In A.I. in Law Enforcement " One of th...
Monday, January 1, 2024

Roberts sidesteps Supreme Court’s ethics controversies in yearly report; The Washington Post, December 31, 2023

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  Ann E. Marimow , The Washington Post;  Roberts sidesteps Supreme Court’s ethics controversies in yearly report " Roberts, a history b...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns; The Guardian, December 29, 2023

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Amy Hawkins  , The Guardian;  Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns " The retraction notice said ...

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

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   Alex Cooke , Fstoppers;  Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement " A photographer is taking legal action against a smal...

Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last; The Art Newspaper, December 29, 2023

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  Bendor Grosvenor  , The Art Newspaper;  Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last " A re...
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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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