All posts by Sean O'Connor

Sean O’Connor is Professor of Law at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. He is also Founding Director of the Innovation Law Clinic and Executive Director of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP). With a diverse background in music, technology, philosophy, history, business, and law, he specializes in legal issues and strategies for entrepreneurship and the commercialization of innovation in biotechnology, information technology, and new media/digital arts.

Changes and a Pearl Metaphor for Rebuilding the Economy after Covid-19

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Sean O'Connor

West Coast –> East Coast While alluding to big changes in a post from December 2018, I never explained–partly because nearly everything was in flux. Now that the dust has settled, I am a tenured full Professor at George Mason … Continue reading →

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First four draft chapters of The Means of Innovation now on SSRN

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Sean O'Connor

With all the moves and changes over the past year+, this blog has gotten very stale. Not sure anyone will even be checking in, but I hope to revive it.   The first four draft chapters of The Means of … Continue reading →

Categories: Art, Commerce, Commercialization, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Goods/Artifacts, Innovation, Law, Methods, Science, Services, Technology, Uncategorized

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More Real Than Television

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Sean O'Connor

Contemplating the inauguration from here in France, and it seemed the best thing to do was digitize and post this old track of mine, which is more relevant now than it was then.  

Categories: Art, Creativity, Fine Arts

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Google Magenta’s AI melody and 4 Canadian songwriters

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Sean O'Connor

Google’s Magenta artificial intelligence (AI) project produced a basic piano melody that was then given a drum machine background (apparently added by humans not an AI program) and released to the public: https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6577761/Google_-_Magenta_music_sample.0.mp3 Canadian media outlet The Star had four songwriters … Continue reading →

Categories: Art, Creativity, Electrical & Digital Arts, Fine Arts, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Law

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Update to music remixing vs. remastering

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Sean O'Connor

In response to my last post on remixing versus remastering, Kevin Erickson of the Future of Music Coalition helpfully pointed out some further nuances in the distinction between the two.

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