Authors Alliance Urges Reconsideration of Extended Collective Licensing
Today Authors Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to a proposal in the June 2015 Report […]
“Happy Birthday” Freed From False Copyright Claims
Under a court ruling this week, Warner/Chappell music publishing no longer gets a slice of every “Happy Birthday” cake. After
Five groups tell USTR not to close door on orphan works efforts
Authors Alliance is joining Creative Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Knowledge Ecology International, and New Media Rights in calling on
Thoughts on the Copyright Office Report and Orphan Works
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson The Copyright Office report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization is an important step in
Authors Alliance and the Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
Earlier this month the Copyright Office released its report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization. Both of these topics are
Recapping the 1201 DMCA Exemption Hearings
We have blogged several times about Authors Alliance’s effort to obtain an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that
Fair Use Best Practices and Creative Communities
Guest post by Founding Member Michael Madison For a week about fair use, let me make fair use about authorship,
Why is Fair Use Good for Authors?
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson Authors and artists rely on copyright’s doctrine of fair use far more than they may
Fair Use and the Ecstasy of Influence
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Molly Van Houweling In honor of fair use week, we’re taking a look back The Ecstasy of
In Search of James Bond’s Essence
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson Having read several of Ian Fleming’s books as a youngster and seen virtually every James