AI Litigation Update
Dec 05, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Webinar; REGISTER HERE About the event Our twice yearly litigation update […]
Suno, Yout, Perplexity AI and §1201: AI Training and another piece of the DMCA
“No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.” 17 U.S.C.
Big Ten Open Books: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM)
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.
Creating with AI: Copyright Issues Related to Authorship, Authenticity, and Preservation for AI-assisted Works
Time & Location Nov 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Webinar with OCEAN REGISTER HERE About the event
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data
The Morisky Medical Adherence Scale: a case study in using flimsy copyright claims to inhibit research
For anyone who is a regular reader of Retraction Watch, few things are more frustrating than seeing research retracted over
Research, AI and Rights with OCEAN
This is the second of five webinars in our Fall Discussion Series in collaboration with OCEAN. Join us for a discussion of the impacts of the ever-changing AI legal landscape on the work of researchers and the institutions that support them. Rachael Samberg will walk us through how the latest litigation affects research activities, such as text data mining, how researchers can utilize fair use to address these issues, and other considerations, such as research integrity and liability, and privacy considerations.
Institutional Repositories and AI Scraping
We recently received a question regarding the AI scraping of Institutional Repositories, by which we mean online digital archives that
AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest Grant Recipients
We’re delighted to announce the five recipients of our AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest grant awards. Chosen from a competitive pool of over 160 proposals, these grantees stood out for their thoughtful, innovative projects that align closely with our research priorities and our mission to serve the public interest.
Authors Alliance Files Amicus Brief in Thomson Reuters v. Ross
Yesterday Authors Alliance filed an amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, the long-running lawsuit between Thomson Reuters, owner of Westlaw (a legal research platform) and ROSS Intelligence, an AI-powered start up legal research platform.