Jack Daniels v. VIP Products and the Freedom to Parody and Comment in the United States
This post was written for the Kluwer Copyright Blog, and is based in part on an amicus brief filed last week by the Harvard […]
Fair Use Week 2023: Looking Back at Google Books Eight Years Later
This post is authored by Authors Alliance Senior Staff Attorney, Rachel Brooke. More recent members and readers may not be
Fair Use Week 2023: Resource Roundup
Authors who want to incorporate source materials into their writings with confidence may find themselves faced with more questions than
Public Domain Day 2023: Welcoming Works from 1927 to the Public Domain
Literary aficionados and copyright buffs alike have something to celebrate as we welcome 2023: A new batch of literary works published
Updates on the JCPA
Last week saw a flurry of news about the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (“JCPA”), proposed legislation that would create
Analysis: Opinion Released in U.S. v. Bertelsmann
Last week, the district court released its opinion in United States v. Bertelsmann, an antitrust case concerning a proposed merger
Judge Blocks Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger
On Monday, Judge Florence Pan issued an order enjoining (or blocking) the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon
Privacy for Public-Minded Authors Part I
Privacy may not seem like an important issue for authors who write to be read: after all, our members are
Authors Alliance Signs on to Amicus Brief in Hunley v. Instagram
Authors Alliance is pleased to announce that we have joined with several civil society and library organizations (EFF, CCIA, ALA,
Wiley Removes Over 1,300 Ebooks from Academic Library Collections
Last month, publisher John Wiley & Sons made headlines when it made the controversial decision to abruptly remove over 1,300