Copyright Protection in AI-Generated Works Update: Decision in Thaler v. Perlmutter
Last week, the District Court for the District of Columbia announced a decision in Thaler v. Perlmutter, a case challenging […]
Open Access and University IP Policies in the United States
Perhaps the most intuitive statement in the whole of the U.S. Copyright Act is this: “Copyright in a work protected
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
Update: Consent Judgment in Hachette v. Internet Archive
UPDATE: On Monday, August 14th, Judge Koeltl issued an order on the proposed judgement, which you can read here, and
Federal Right of Publicity Takes Center Stage in Senate Hearing on AI
The Authors Alliance found this write-up by Professor Jennifer Rothman at the University of Pennsylvania useful and wanted to share it with
The appropriation bill that would defund the OSTP open access memo
A couple of weeks ago the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) released an appropriations bill
The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy
Earlier this month, the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy at NYU Law released a groundbreaking new report: The
Authors Alliance in Europe: Giving Voice to Authors
Authors Alliance and KnowledgeRights21 are pleased to announce the launch of a new project, “Giving Voice to Authors,” through which
Ninth Circuit Issues Decision in Hunley v. Instagram
On Monday, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Hunley v. Instagram, a case about whether Instagram (and platforms like
Authorship and Ebook Licensing: Introducing the Library Ebook Pledge
Authors rarely have meaningful rights to say how their publisher licenses or distributes their book. A typical publishing contract will