Out of roughly 16,000 eligible books, movies, or music, no more than five percent could expect to earn more than a total of $100 in the space of 20 years. The rest of the works—more than 15,000 of them—were expected to be worth less than five dollars per year (economically speaking) to their rights holders.
Now that the Bartz settlement has passed some initial judicial hurdles and is moving along, with important deadlines approaching (opt-out
In Cox v. Sony, a jury found internet service provider Cox Communications liable for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement after
In the news recently were several reports about the Supreme Court deferring a decision on whether President Trump can fire Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights. We have previously blogged about the origins of this lawsuit and why the lawsuit matters for authors, but the rapid developments over the past few months warrant an update. We explain below where the case now stands—and how it connects to two major Supreme Court cases that may shape the future of the US Copyright Office.
We’re very happy to announce the release of the third white paper in our Legal Pathways to Open Access series!
Dec 05, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Webinar; REGISTER HERE About the event Our twice yearly litigation update
“No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.” 17 U.S.C.
Authors Alliance has had a longstanding interest in helping authors see their older books reinvigorated with new life by making them available online for free on an open access basis. One of the most exciting initiatives working on OA for backlist books is the Big Ten Open Books program. This post is based on a set of questions I posed to Kate McCready (Program Director for Open Publishing, Center for Library Programs at the Big Ten Academic Alliance) and Charles Watkinson (Director of University of Michigan Press and Associate University Librarian for Publishing at the University of Michigan) about what the program is and how it works.
Time & Location Nov 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Webinar with OCEAN REGISTER HERE About the event
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data
