New White Paper on Federal Public Access Policies
Authors Alliance and SPARC have released the second of four planned white papers addressing legal issues surrounding open access to […]
Thaler v. Perlmutter: D.C. Court of Appeals confirms that a non-human machine cannot be an author under the U.S. Copyright Act
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling in Thaler v. Perlmutter, a
AI Licensing: An Interview with Ben Denne of Cambridge University Press
We’ve heard from lots of authors with questions about AI licensing of their works by their publishers. Cambridge University Press
Authors Alliance Comment on US AI Action Plan
Today, we submitted a response to a Request for Information from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The
Visit Authors Alliance’s Booth at AWP 2025
This post is by Syn Ong, an LLM student at U.C. Berkeley Law School. This semester, Syn has been working
Updates on AI Copyright Law and Policy: Section 1202 of the DMCA, Doe v. Github, and the UK Copyright and AI Consultation
Authors Alliance has been closely monitoring the impact of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Section 1202, and we have been watching the development in UK copyright law closely. Here are some updates.
Fair Use, Censorship, and Struggle for Control of Facts
Imagine this: a high-profile aerospace and media billionaire threatens to sue you for writing an unauthorized and unflattering biography. In
The Public Interest Corpus: An Update and Opportunities for Co-Development
In December 2024 we announced a new project to develop a public interest AI training corpus focused on books. Over
Independent Publisher’s Lawsuit Against Audible Fails, Highlighting Challenges to Receive Fair Streaming Compensation
Audible has a history of relying on ambiguous contractual terms to reduce author payouts. Despite Audible’s track record, the courts were unsympathetic to Teri Woods’ grievances.
Copyrightability and Artificial Intelligence: A new report from the U.S. Copyright Office
Recently, the United States Copyright Office published its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability, the second report