Copyright Office Reports on Extended
Collective Licensing Inquiry
In 2015, Authors Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to a proposal in the Report on […]
A Tale of Two Cases: Fair Use in Who’s Holiday!
and KinderGuides
We would like to thank Authors Alliance legal research assistant Allison Davenport for writing the following analysis. Two courts in
David Hansen on Proposed Changes to Section 108 of the Copyright Act
On September 15, the U.S. Copyright Office released a Discussion Document outlining proposed changes to Section 108 of the U.S.
Authors Alliance Petitions for New Exemption to Section 1201 of the DMCA
Last month, we reported in detail on our petition to the U.S. Copyright Office to renew exemptions to the DMCA
NAFTA Negotiations: Authors Alliance Joins Public Interest Groups in Support of Transparency and Balanced Copyright Policy
Today, Authors Alliance joins with other public interest advocates such as Creative Commons, SPARC, Internet Archive, OpenMedia, and Public Knowledge
Notice and Takedown and Academic Digital Libraries
Prior to joining Authors Alliance as Executive Director earlier this year, Brianna Schofield was the Clinical Teaching Fellow at UC
Authors Alliance Petitions to Renew Multimedia E-Book Exemption to Section 1201 of the DMCA
While copyright law generally provides for exceptions like fair use that maintain our ability to criticize, comment on, and transform
Authors Alliance Submits Comments in Support of Modernization Efforts at the U.S. Copyright Office
Today, Authors Alliance submitted comments in response to the United States Copyright Office’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Modernizing
LSU v Elsevier – Paying Twice (or More) for Scholarship?
Post by David Hansen, Duke Libraries’ Director of Copyright of Scholarly Communication and a founding member of Authors Alliance. We are
A Worrisome Harbinger of Changes in Copyright Law
Pamela Samuelson, President, Authors Alliance Note: This article was originally made available to subscribers of the Chronicle of Higher Education