Fagundes & Perzanowski on Abandoning Copyright
Authors Alliance is grateful to Nicolas Charest, Copyright Research Assistant, for providing this review of an academic article proposing a […]
New Empirical Study of Australian Publishing Agreements: A Case for Statutory Reversion Rights for Authors
Authors Alliance is grateful to Nicolas Charest, Copyright Research Assistant, for contributing this post. New findings based on empirical research
Copyright Registration and Recordation 101
If you have questions about copyright registration, you’re not alone! Authors often ask us why they should register copyright in
Distinguishing Trademarks from Copyrights: A Q&A for Authors
Authors Alliance is grateful to Nicolas Charest, Copyright Research Assistant, for researching and drafting this post. There is longstanding confusion
New Report on Termination Rights for Authors
Last week, Public Knowledge released Making Sense of the Termination Right: How the System Fails Artists and How to Fix
New Resource on Law and Literacy in Non-Consumptive Text Mining
Scholars are increasingly using text data mining to uncover previously unknown patterns, trends, or relationships from a collection of textual
Rights Reversion: Opening Classic Works to New Global Audiences
We are grateful to Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian at Virginia Tech, for sharing
My Publisher Agreed to Revert Rights: Now What?
Since we first published our guide to Understanding Rights Reversion in 2015, our rights reversion resources page has been a
Spotlight on Book Publication Contracts: Follow the Money
In our Spotlight on Book Publication Contracts series, we are shining the light on the ways that authors can negotiate
Reversionary Rights Around the World
For creators who want their works to be widely shared and enjoyed, terminating transfers of copyright are a powerful option