AI, Open Science, and the Future of Research Integrity: An Interview with Alison Mudditt of PLOS
Below is an interview with Alison Mudditt, CEO of PLOS (Public Library of Science) discussing the impact of AI on publishing […]
Bartz v. Anthropic: What are some additional takeaways and where do things go from here?
In an earlier post, we shared details from Judge Alsup’s decision on Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment in Bartz v.
Bartz v. Anthropic: Judge Alsup Certifies Class for Rightsholders of 7 Million Books Used by Anthropic
Late last week Judge Alsup, presiding over the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright AI litigation, granted a motion to certify a class representing authors and rightsholders of nearly 7 million books. If you are a book author (or a publisher, or an heir to an author), you should be paying attention because there is a good chance that you could be included in this class.
An Updated NIH and Publisher Guidance: What Authors Need to Know about NIH’s Public Access Policy
In June, we published an FAQ for authors and librarians to give some guidance on how they might respond to NIH’s accelerated implementation of its public access plan, which requires immediate availability of sponsored research articles upon publication. Our FAQ from June is still good advice, but since then both the NIH and several publishers have updated their guidance and so we are giving some additional information about the latest here.
NO FAKES 2025: Another Bill Sacrificing Authors’ Free Expression for Industry Control
NO FAKES 2025 does not care about actual deception, impersonation, and harm to the average person; instead, it focuses on enabling political censorship and monetization of celebrity likeness.
The NIH Public Access Policy: Implementation and Feedback
The NIH Public Access Policy is in effect as of July 1, 2025. In response, Authors Alliance and SPARC have created a form to collect information about challenges or questions faced by authors, librarians and their institutions in complying with the roll out of new public access policies by federal grant making agencies in compliance with the OSTP directive to make federally funded research freely available to the public immediately upon publication.
The Author-Library Alliance: Supporting Fair eBook Legislation Together
In May 2025, Connecticut’s legislature passed landmark legislation to address restrictive ebook licensing practices that limit libraries’ ability to serve the public. It aims to ensure ebook licenses align more closely with libraries’ core public interest mission of lending, access, and preservation. This represents a pivotal step toward safeguarding the role of libraries in the digital age. As more states consider similar measures, a key question arises: Should authors support these efforts? The answer is unequivocally yes— and here’s why.
Meta Wins on Fair Use for Now, but Court Leaves Door Open for “Market Dilution”
“Market dilution” suggests that “using copyrighted books to train an LLM might harm the market for those works because it enables the rapid generation of countless works that compete with the originals, even if those works aren’t themselves infringing.”
Anthropic Wins on Fair Use for Training its LLMs; Loses on Building a “Central Library” of Pirated Books
Yesterday, Judge Alsup released his decision on Anthropic’s motion for summary judgment in the fast-moving lawsuit it is defending, brought
Bonds, Beats, and Lawsuits: How Ed Sheeran Won
Structured Asset doesn’t make music nor aim to enrich our cultural life; instead, it uses copyright enforcement as a weapon against artists like Ed Sheeran, and turns a system meant to protect creativity into a mere vehicle for chasing profit.