Authors Alliance Guides Now Available on Project MUSE
We’re pleased to announce that our educational guidebooks for authors—which cover rights reversion, open access, fair use, and publication contracts—are […]
Fair Use, Innovation, and Controlled Digital Lending
We’d like to thank co-authors Kyle K. Courtney and David R. Hansen for permission to re-post the following article, which
Fair Use Resource Roundup
Fair use can be a tricky concept to pin down. What exactly does fair use mean? What makes it such
Spotlight on Publication Contracts: Fair Use and Third-Party Permissions Clauses
In our Spotlight on Book Publication Contracts series, we are shining the light on the ways that authors can negotiate
“Misleading on Fair Dealing”: Michael Geist on Educational Uses of Content in Canada
The following post is part of a series entitled “Misleading on Fair Dealing,” by Professor Michael Geist of the University
Eleventh Circuit Reverses and Remands Georgia State E-Reserves Case (Again)
We thank Krista L. Cox, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at ARL, for the following analysis, which originally appeared on
Library of Congress Expands 1201 Exemptions to All Nonfiction Multimedia E-books
Today, the Library of Congress adopted exemptions to section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits circumvention
Authors Alliance Testifies in Support of Fair Use at the Library of Congress
A key policy issue at Authors Alliance is our support for authors’ right to make fair use in the digital
Authors Alliance Submits Reply Comment in 2018 DMCA Rulemaking
In December 2017, Authors Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in support of a modified exemption to Section
Revisiting Georgia State: Fair Use and Academic Incentives
What effect does fair use have on incentives to create? For some academic authors, there is growing evidence that fair