Model Publishing Contract Features Author-Friendly Terms for Open Access Scholarship
The University of Michigan and Emory University have teamed up to create a Model Publishing Contract for Digital Scholarship designed […]
Demystifying Fair Use: Our New Guide, FAQs, and More!
Fair use, as many of our readers know, can be a tricky concept to pin down. What exactly does fair
Announcing the Authors Alliance Guide to Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors
We are pleased to announce the release of our brand-new guide to Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors! The guide is
DMCA Exemptions: We Want To Hear From You
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is hurting authors’ ability to make fair use. But you can help by taking
Making In-Copyright Works Open Access:
A Report From Iceland
The island nation of Iceland—about the size of Virginia, and with a population of around 300,000—might be one of the
The “Sonny Bono Memorial Collection” and U.S. Copyright Terms
Last month, the Internet Archive announced the launch of the “Sonny Bono Memorial Collection,” a set of digitized full-text books
Policy Update: DMCA Exemptions and Advocacy
Since our founding, Authors Alliance has been tracking developments around Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Every
Who Owns the Termination of Transfer Right?
We would like to thank R. Anthony Reese, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at UC Irvine, for contributing the following post.
Grappling With The Most Notoriously Complex Provision in U.S. Copyright Law
The following guest post was written by Julia Wu and Eric Malmgren, students at the Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology
Spotlight on Open Access & Innovative Academic Publishing Models
Just in time for the start of the new academic year, Authors Alliance featured a series of Q&As with our