Superman’s Copyright Saga
The creators of Superman sold their rights for just $130 in 1938, igniting decades of lawsuits over ownership and fair treatment. Now, the battle continues as Shuster’s heir claims to hold certain foreign rights…
Authors Alliance and SPARC Supporting Legal Pathways to Open Access for Scholarly Works
Authors Alliance and SPARC are excited to announce a new collaboration to address critical legal issues surrounding open access to
Quantifying Copyright Reversion
Authors Alliance is grateful to Cory Doctorow for sharing this piece, originally published on Pluralistic.net under a CC BY license.
Spotlight on Rights Reversion & Termination of Transfer
Readers familiar with Authors Alliance’s work will know that we offer a suite of resources to help authors get back
Rights Reversion Success Story: Benjamin Keele
We recently sat down with Benjamin Keele, Research and Instructional Librarian & Lecturer in Law at Indiana University and co-author
A Daughter’s Quest to Give New Life—and New Covers—to her Father’s Books
Covers for the first three of William Melvin Kelley’s republished books, designed by his daughter Jesi Kelley Even before The
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
Why Get the Rights Back to Your Work?
Readers familiar with Authors Alliance’s work will know that we’ve created a suite of resources to help authors get the
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