Understanding Open Access: When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible
In celebration of Open Access Week, we are offering sneak previews of our forthcoming guide, Understanding Open Access: When, Why, […]
Fair Use Affirmed On Appeal in Google Books Case
Today the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a widely anticipated ruling in favor of the defendants in the Authors
Authors Alliance Urges Reconsideration of Extended Collective Licensing
Today Authors Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to a proposal in the June 2015 Report
Authors Alliance Hosts “Understanding Rights Reversion” Webinar
On September 30, the Authors Alliance Rights Reversion team hosted a webinar on Understanding Rights Reversion for ASERL (the Association
“Happy Birthday” Freed From False Copyright Claims
Under a court ruling this week, Warner/Chappell music publishing no longer gets a slice of every “Happy Birthday” cake. After
Understanding Rights Reversion: Now in Print
When we released Understanding Rights Reversion this past April, we published the guide as a digital file under a Creative
Robert Darnton and Authors Alliance:
A Rights Reversion Success Story
We are very pleased to announce that two books by Robert Darnton, The Business of Enlightenment and Mesmerism and the End of
Five groups tell USTR not to close door on orphan works efforts
Authors Alliance is joining Creative Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Knowledge Ecology International, and New Media Rights in calling on
Questions About Rights Reversion? We’ve Got Answers!
It may be August, but our rights reversion project shows no signs of slowing down for the dog days of
What will you do after recovering your rights?
Stephen Sugarman’s success story
Authors Alliance is encouraging its members to consider reverting rights to their out-of-print or commercially dormant titles in order to