Authors Alliance Supports Limitations and Exceptions and Rights Reversion at SCCR/39
Last week, Authors Alliance participated in the thirty-ninth session of the World Intellectual Property (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and […]
Q&A With Barbara Kline-Pope on Open Access Publishing Initiatives at Johns Hopkins University Press
Open Access Week 2019 takes place from October 21-27. To mark the occasion, we’re featuring a series of Open Access
Q&A with Calvin Warren: Open Access and Democratizing the Accessibility of Knowledge
Open Access Week 2019 takes place from October 21-27. To mark the occasion, we’re featuring a series of Open Access
Audible Captions: The Case For and Against Fair Use
The following post by Authors Alliance Copyright Research Assistant Nicolas Charest provides an update on recent developments in the Chronicle
Academic Authors Find Larger Audience through Controlled Digital Lending
We thank the Internet Archive for permission to cross-post this piece on how controlled digital lending (“CDL”) can benefit academic
Resource Roundup: Negotiating Book Publication Contracts
In October 2018, we released our guide to Understanding and Negotiating Book Publication Contracts and made it available as a
NYPL Project Reveals Nearly 75% of Books from 1924-1964 are Likely in the Public Domain
Earlier this year, the New York Public Library (NYPL) announced preliminary results from an analysis of copyright registration and renewal
Authors Alliance Voices Concerns About the CASE Act
Today, the United States House Committee on the Judiciary is scheduled to review H. R. 2426, the Copyright Alternative in
Just Use It: New UC Berkeley Library Permissions Policy Lowers Barriers for Researchers
Just in time for the start of the academic year, we’re featuring this excerpt from a post by the UC
Publishers Sue to Block Audible Captions
Last Friday, a group of seven publishers—including HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan—filed suit