The Public Interest Corpus: An Update and Opportunities for Co-Development
In December 2024 we announced a new project to develop a public interest AI training corpus focused on books. Over […]
Restricting Innovation: How Publisher Contracts Undermine Scholarly AI Research
This post is by Rachael Samberg, Director, Scholarly Communication & Information Policy, UC Berkeley Library and Dave Hansen, Executive Director,
The DMCA 1201 Rulemaking: Summary, Key Takeaways, and Other Items of Interest
Last month, we blogged about the key takeaways from the 2024 TDM exemptions recently put in place by the Librarian
Text Data Mining Research DMCA Exemption Renewed and Expanded
Earlier today, the Library of Congress, following recommendations from the U.S. Copyright Office, released its final rule adopting exemptions to
Authors Alliance Submits Long-Form Comment to Copyright Office in Support of Petition to Expand Existing Text and Data Mining Exemption
Last month, Authors Alliance submitted detailed comments in response to the Copyright Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in support of
Copyright Office Recommends Renewal of the Existing Text Data Mining Exemptions for Literary Works and Films
Authors Alliance is delighted to announce that the Copyright Office has recommended that the Librarian of Congress renew both of
Authors Alliance and Allies Petition to Renew and Expand Text Data Mining Exemption
Authors Alliance is pleased to announce that in recent weeks, we have submitted petitions to the Copyright Office requesting that
Prosecraft, text and data mining, and the law
Last week you may have read about a website called prosecraft.io, a site with an index of some 25,000 books
An Update on our Text and Data Mining: Demonstrating Fair Use Project
Back in December we announced a new Authors Alliance’s project, Text and Data Mining: Demonstrating Fair Use, which is about