Authors Alliance Presents Elsevier With Principles for Openness in SSRN
The recent purchase of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) by Elsevier has caused a great deal of concern among […]
After Reversion: Tracking Down Digital Copies
After you get your rights back with Understanding Rights Reversion, how will you make your work newly available? The internet
Principles For Reassuring Authors of SSRN-Posted Papers Under Elsevier’s Ownership
Note: This post was updated on June 2, 2016 in order to reflect changes in the final list of principles
Elsevier buying SSRN and the future of open scholarship in the social sciences
In a move signalling further consolidation in scholarly communication, Elsevier announced yesterday its purchase of SSRN, a popular working paper
Moving Toward a “Moral Right” of Attribution in U.S. Copyright Law
Authors Alliance Executive Director Michael Wolfe When Authors Alliance launched two years ago with its Principles and Proposals for Copyright
New Resource: Adventures in Self-Republishing by Jeff Hecht
Authors Alliance member Jeff Hecht successfully regained the rights to a number of his books, and has subsequently re-published them
Europe’s Fractured Public Domain: An Update on Anne Frank’s Diary
April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day—an opportunity to highlight and learn more about IP issues around the world. This
Important Fair Use Decision Stands, Helps Keep Authors’ Works Findable
Pamela Samuelson, President, Authors Alliance There was very good news for authors in the Supreme Court’s decision not to review
Introducing Our Guide to Crafting a Rights Reversion Letter
Books that have fallen out of print, or aren’t selling as well as they used to, can enjoy a second
The Authors Alliance Guide to Crafting A Reversion Letter
The first step in reverting rights to previously published work is to initiate a conversation with the rightsholder—usually a publisher.