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.
STM’s “Open Access” Licenses: Extend, Embrace, and Extinguish
Guest-blogged by Authors Alliance founding member Ariel Katz, Associate Professor of Law and Innovation Chair in Electronic Commerce at the University
Authors Alliance Joins Call for STM to Withdraw its Open Access Licenses
Authors Alliance firmly believes in the importance of open licensing to vibrant and productive scholarship. But open licensing is legally
Why Digital Humanities Researchers Support Google’s Fair Use Defense
Guest-blogged by Authors Alliance member Matthew Sag, a professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Authors Alliance supports Google’s
Why the Authors Alliance Amicus Brief Supports Google’s Fair Use Defense
By Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson. It was nearly a decade ago that the Authors Guild and three of its
Authors Alliance joins in letter against copyright term extensions in TPP
Authors Alliance is joining 34 other organizations in telling the negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) not to extend copyright
Why Does the Authors Alliance Care About Orphan Works?
By Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson. During the Authors Alliance launch at the Internet Archive, I talked about why the
It’s Elementary My Dear Watson*: The Public Domain Can Benefit Authors
By Authors Alliance co-founder Molly Van Houweling. Yesterday Judge Richard Posner, writing for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
HathiTrust Wins Big Victory for Authors in Authors Guild Case
By Authors Alliance co-founder Pamela Samuelson. The Authors Guild may have suffered a major loss today when the Second Circuit