Giving the Authors a Voice in Litigation? An ACS v. ResearchGate Update
We’re grateful to David Hansen, Director of Copyright & Scholarly Communications at Duke, for granting permission for us to repost […]
Authors Speak Out in Favor of Controlled Digital Lending
In September 2018, Authors Alliance joined with other organizations including the Digital Public Library of America, Internet Archive, and UC
The Public Domain and Scholarly Research: Alexandra Stern on Increased Access to the History of American Eugenics
We are grateful to Alexandra Minna Stern for this contribution to our series of posts on the public domain. Stern
Kevin Smith on “Lessons from the ReDigi Decision”
The following analysis by Kevin Smith, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas, originally appeared on In the Open
Authors Alliance Submits Comment to U.S. Copyright Office in Support of Registration Modernization
Authors Alliance submitted comments in response to the United States Copyright Office’s Notification of Inquiry for Registration Modernization. The Office
Authors Alliance Submits Brief Supporting Reversionary Rights in Canada
Canada’s Copyright Act, last updated in 2012 through the Copyright Modernization Act, is currently under review. In early 2018, Canada’s
Guest Post: Analysis of Rulemaking and Exemptions to the DMCA in 2018
The following analysis was written by Harrison Grant and Brian Trinh of UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic and
Authors Alliance Supports Limitations and Exceptions for Education at WIPO SCCR/37
Last week, Authors Alliance participated in the thirty-seventh session of the World Intellectual Property (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and
Eleventh Circuit Reverses and Remands Georgia State E-Reserves Case (Again)
We thank Krista L. Cox, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at ARL, for the following analysis, which originally appeared on
Library of Congress Expands 1201 Exemptions to All Nonfiction Multimedia E-books
Today, the Library of Congress adopted exemptions to section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits circumvention