Law and Policy

We have blogged several times about Authors Alliance’s effort to obtain an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that

Guest post by Founding Member Michael Madison For a week about fair use, let me make fair use about authorship,

Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson Authors and artists rely on copyright’s doctrine of fair use far more than they may

Authors Alliance Co-Founder Molly Van Houweling In honor of fair use week, we’re taking a look back The Ecstasy of

Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson Having read several of Ian Fleming’s books as a youngster and seen virtually every James

Last fall, Authors Alliance began the process of petitioning for an exemption to the law that prohibits the circumvention of

Multimedia ebooks are still in their early days, but they present new opportunities for authors to express their ideas, creativity,

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.