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
Author talk: The Copyright Wars with Peter Baldwin and Pamela Samuelson
We are so pleased to be able to co-sponsor this next book talk with Internet Archive, hosted on December 15
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
Biden’s Open Access to Research Policy and How it Affects Authors
Several weeks ago, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memo titled Ensuring Free, Immediate,
Authors for Libraries
Last month in our newsletter to members (join here so you don’t miss future news!), we shared a call to sign