Authors Alliance & Creative Commons Launch New Termination of Transfer Tool
Authors Alliance and Creative Commons are pleased to announce the official launch of our jointly-stewarded Termination of Transfer tool, now […]
Copyright Office Reports on Extended
Collective Licensing Inquiry
In 2015, Authors Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to a proposal in the Report on
A Tale of Two Cases: Fair Use in Who’s Holiday!
and KinderGuides
We would like to thank Authors Alliance legal research assistant Allison Davenport for writing the following analysis. Two courts in
Termination of Transfer FAQs
What does termination of transfer mean? Termination of transfer is a way for authors (or their family members) to reclaim
Authors Alliance Welcomes Allison Davenport
We are delighted to announce that Allison Davenport has joined the Authors Alliance team as a legal research assistant. Allison
David Hansen on Proposed Changes to Section 108 of the Copyright Act
On September 15, the U.S. Copyright Office released a Discussion Document outlining proposed changes to Section 108 of the U.S.
Authors Alliance Petitions for New Exemption to Section 1201 of the DMCA
Last month, we reported in detail on our petition to the U.S. Copyright Office to renew exemptions to the DMCA
Spotlight on Open Access and Academic Publishing:
Barton Beebe
In the third part of our series on innovative academic publishing models—which has also featured Q&As with Eric von Hippel
Spotlight on Open Access and Academic Publishing:
James Boyle & Jennifer Jenkins’ Open IP Casebook
“The 1950’s distribution mechanism for the casebook… needs to go the way of the whale oil merchant, the typing pool
NAFTA Negotiations: Authors Alliance Joins Public Interest Groups in Support of Transparency and Balanced Copyright Policy
Today, Authors Alliance joins with other public interest advocates such as Creative Commons, SPARC, Internet Archive, OpenMedia, and Public Knowledge