The Public Interest Corpus Update – NYC Edition
Last month, a diverse set of stakeholders gathered at New York University Law School to contribute to an implementation plan […]
NO FAKES 2025: Another Bill Sacrificing Authors’ Free Expression for Industry Control
NO FAKES 2025 does not care about actual deception, impersonation, and harm to the average person; instead, it focuses on enabling political censorship and monetization of celebrity likeness.
The NIH Public Access Policy: Implementation and Feedback
The NIH Public Access Policy is in effect as of July 1, 2025. In response, Authors Alliance and SPARC have created a form to collect information about challenges or questions faced by authors, librarians and their institutions in complying with the roll out of new public access policies by federal grant making agencies in compliance with the OSTP directive to make federally funded research freely available to the public immediately upon publication.
Meta Wins on Fair Use for Now, but Court Leaves Door Open for “Market Dilution”
“Market dilution” suggests that “using copyrighted books to train an LLM might harm the market for those works because it enables the rapid generation of countless works that compete with the originals, even if those works aren’t themselves infringing.”
Bonds, Beats, and Lawsuits: How Ed Sheeran Won
Structured Asset doesn’t make music nor aim to enrich our cultural life; instead, it uses copyright enforcement as a weapon against artists like Ed Sheeran, and turns a system meant to protect creativity into a mere vehicle for chasing profit.
Fair Use Isn’t Optional: Judges Can Help Reclaim It for Creators
Fair use is more than an “affirmative defense” that a party in default waives. This post goes into details about the procedural aspect of the fair use defense.
Accelerated NIH Public Access Deadline: FAQs for Authors, Librarians and Research Administrators
The NIH public access policy’s accelerated July 1 implementation date is rapidly approaching. Adding to the challenge, some publishers are
The NIH Public Access Policy: Q&A for Authors
We’ve received many questions from authors, librarians, and research administrators about the NIH decision to accelerate implementation of its public
Authors Alliance Submits Comment to FTC, Highlighting Copyright Misuse on Technology Platforms
Our comment urges the agency to examine how copyright enforcement mechanisms on major technology platforms are harming independent creators and undermining the constitutional principles behind copyright laws.
Understanding the Real Barriers to Text and Data Mining
Our law student intern this semester studied the legal and practical challenges facing TDM researchers. She shares her key takeaways.