Academic Authors Find Larger Audience through Controlled Digital Lending
We thank the Internet Archive for permission to cross-post this piece on how controlled digital lending (“CDL”) can benefit academic […]
Resource Roundup: Negotiating Book Publication Contracts
In October 2018, we released our guide to Understanding and Negotiating Book Publication Contracts and made it available as a
NYPL Project Reveals Nearly 75% of Books from 1924-1964 are Likely in the Public Domain
Earlier this year, the New York Public Library (NYPL) announced preliminary results from an analysis of copyright registration and renewal
Authors Alliance Voices Concerns About the CASE Act
Today, the United States House Committee on the Judiciary is scheduled to review H. R. 2426, the Copyright Alternative in
Just Use It: New UC Berkeley Library Permissions Policy Lowers Barriers for Researchers
Just in time for the start of the academic year, we’re featuring this excerpt from a post by the UC
Publishers Sue to Block Audible Captions
Last Friday, a group of seven publishers—including HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan—filed suit
Q&A With Jeanne Fromer and Christopher Sprigman on “Copyright Law: Cases and Materials”
Jeanne Fromer and Christopher Sprigman of NYU Law School recently published their new casebook Copyright Law: Cases and Materials as
Authors Alliance to Take Part in NEH-Funded Institute on Building Legal Literacies in Text Data Mining
Authors Alliance congratulates the UC Berkeley Libraries on obtaining a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to
Announcing the Authors Alliance Partner Program (A2P2)!
We are thrilled to announce the pilot launch of the Authors Alliance Partner Program (A2P2), a new subscription option for
New Accessibility Resource: The Law and Accessible Texts: Reconciling Civil Rights and Copyrights
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the University of Virginia Library recently released The Law and Accessible Texts: Reconciling