Artificial Intelligence, Authorship, and the Public Interest
Today, we’re pleased to announce a new project generously supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The […]
Authors Alliance 2024 Annual Report
Authors Alliance celebrated an important milestone in 2024: our 10th anniversary! Quite a lot has changed since 2014, but our
Restricting Innovation: How Publisher Contracts Undermine Scholarly AI Research
This post is by Rachael Samberg, Director, Scholarly Communication & Information Policy, UC Berkeley Library and Dave Hansen, Executive Director,
Developing a public-interest training commons of books
Authors Alliance is pleased to announce a new project, supported by the Mellon Foundation, to develop an actionable plan for
Support Authors Alliance!
As we end the year, I’m writing to ask for your financial support by giving toward our end-of-year campaign (click
New White Paper on Open Access and U.S. Federal Information Policy
Authors Alliance and SPARC have released the first of four planned white papers addressing legal issues surrounding open access to
Book Talk: The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood
Join us for a book talk with legal scholar JAMES BOYLE, discussing his book THE LINE: AI and the Future of Personhood,
The DMCA 1201 Rulemaking: Summary, Key Takeaways, and Other Items of Interest
Last month, we blogged about the key takeaways from the 2024 TDM exemptions recently put in place by the Librarian
Copyright Management Information, 1202(b), and AI
In the recent spate of copyright infringement lawsuits against AI developers, many plaintiffs allege violations of 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b) in their use of copyrighted works for training and development of AI systems.
Text Data Mining Research DMCA Exemption Renewed and Expanded
Earlier today, the Library of Congress, following recommendations from the U.S. Copyright Office, released its final rule adopting exemptions to