Prosecraft, text and data mining, and the law
Last week you may have read about a website called prosecraft.io, a site with an index of some 25,000 books […]
The appropriation bill that would defund the OSTP open access memo
A couple of weeks ago the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) released an appropriations bill
The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy
Earlier this month, the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at NYU Law released a groundbreaking new report: The
Authorship and Ebook Licensing: Introducing the Library Ebook Pledge
Authors rarely have meaningful rights to say how their publisher licenses or distributes their book. A typical publishing contract will
The JCPA, Again
For those of you following along, you’ve seen the numerous posts we’ve made about the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act,
Athena Unbound and Untangling the Law of Open Access
A few months ago, Authors Alliance and the Internet Archive co-hosted an engaging book talk featuring historian Peter Baldwin and
Book Talk: Against Progress by Jessica Silbey
Join journalist MARIA BUSTILLOS for a virtual book talk with author & professor of law JESSICA SILBEY for her latest
An Update on our Text and Data Mining: Demonstrating Fair Use Project
Back in December we announced a new Authors Alliance’s project, Text and Data Mining: Demonstrating Fair Use, which is about
The First Copyright Small Claims Court Judgment
Authors Alliance members will recall the posts we’ve made over the years about the enactment and implementation of a new
Jack Daniels v. VIP Products and the Freedom to Parody and Comment in the United States
This post was written for the Kluwer Copyright Blog, and is based in part on an amicus brief filed last week by the Harvard