Why is Fair Use Good for Authors?
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson Authors and artists rely on copyright’s doctrine of fair use far more than they may […]
Fair Use and the Ecstasy of Influence
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Molly Van Houweling In honor of fair use week, we’re taking a look back The Ecstasy of
In Search of James Bond’s Essence
Authors Alliance Co-Founder Pamela Samuelson Having read several of Ian Fleming’s books as a youngster and seen virtually every James
Authors Alliance Submits Comment on 1201 Exemption Petition
Last fall, Authors Alliance began the process of petitioning for an exemption to the law that prohibits the circumvention of
Authors Alliance seeks DMCA exemption to enable production of multimedia ebooks
Multimedia ebooks are still in their early days, but they present new opportunities for authors to express their ideas, creativity,
New IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers
Kevin Smith, Duke University’s Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communication and an Authors Alliance founding member, has just published a
Center for Media and Social Impact Fair Use Best Practices Guides
The Center for Media and Social Impact releases “Best Practices” guides designed to help communities of creators and specialists in how U.S. copyright’s “fair use” doctrine applies to uses typical in a given community. Guides exist for diverse fields and communities, including documentary filmmaking, open courseware, poetry, and for academic libraries.
Using Fair Use to Improve Access to Orphan Works in Libraries and Archives
Guest post by Founding Member David Hansen Today we celebrate a new tool that will make it easier for libraries
Educational Fair Use Update: Congressional Hearings and Cambridge University Press v. Patton
Pam Samuelson & Mike Wolfe At Authors Alliance we keep a close eye on what’s going on in fair use
Principles and Proposals for Copyright Reform
We believe it is high time for authors like us to speak up for a “Next Great Copyright Act” that will carry forward the Founders’ vision of copyright and meet its goals in the digital age. We believe that these reform proposals will help renew the nation’s commitment to a copyright law that secures a just balance between private ambitions and the public good.
To this end, we propose four principles that should guide copyright law and appropriately align the interests of individual creators with the interests of the public for whom they create, and state a number of proposals to help see these principles realized.