Working with the Chimp
By Authors Alliance Co-Founder Tom Leonard Last year Authors Alliance turned to a cartoon monkey, MailChimp, to handle our email. […]
Our year in review
As Authors Alliance HQ wraps up a very busy inaugural year, it seems like a good time to reflect on
Authors Alliance seeks DMCA exemption to enable production of multimedia ebooks
Multimedia ebooks are still in their early days, but they present new opportunities for authors to express their ideas, creativity,
New IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers
Kevin Smith, Duke University’s Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communication and an Authors Alliance founding member, has just published a
Center for Media and Social Impact Fair Use Best Practices Guides
The Center for Media and Social Impact releases “Best Practices” guides designed to help communities of creators and specialists in how U.S. copyright’s “fair use” doctrine applies to uses typical in a given community. Guides exist for diverse fields and communities, including documentary filmmaking, open courseware, poetry, and for academic libraries.
Using Fair Use to Improve Access to Orphan Works in Libraries and Archives
Guest post by Founding Member David Hansen Today we celebrate a new tool that will make it easier for libraries
Educational Fair Use Update: Congressional Hearings and Cambridge University Press v. Patton
Pam Samuelson & Mike Wolfe At Authors Alliance we keep a close eye on what’s going on in fair use
Principles and Proposals for Copyright Reform
We believe it is high time for authors like us to speak up for a “Next Great Copyright Act” that will carry forward the Founders’ vision of copyright and meet its goals in the digital age. We believe that these reform proposals will help renew the nation’s commitment to a copyright law that secures a just balance between private ambitions and the public good.
To this end, we propose four principles that should guide copyright law and appropriately align the interests of individual creators with the interests of the public for whom they create, and state a number of proposals to help see these principles realized.
Michael Carroll on Author Addenda
Founding Authors Alliance member Michael Carroll, from American University’s Washington College of Law, explains how addenda can help modify publishing
Christopher Sprigman on Pricing to Be Read
Authors Alliance founding member Christopher Sprigman, a law professor at NYU, discusses how he negotiated for a lower price for