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Who Represents You in the AI Copyright Lawsuits?
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/10/16/who-represents-you-in-the-ai-copyright-lawsuits/
Published: October 16, 2024 12:00
Sara Silverman is the author of The Bedwetter, a comedy memoir.  Richard Kadrey wrote Sandman Slim, a fantasy novel series. Christopher Golden, a supernatural thriller titled Ararat. These authors might not seem to have much in common with an academic…
Artist Left with Heavy Fees by Copyright Troll Law Firm
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/10/11/artist-left-with-heavy-fees-by-copyright-troll-law-firm/
Published: October 11, 2024 12:00
The final outcome of the case: the plaintiff was ordered to cover $102,404 in fees and $165.72 in costs for the defendant. This should serve as a cautionary tale for would-be plaintiffs: copyright lawsuits, like any other type of litigation, are primarily…
What is “Derivative Work” in the Digital Age?
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/10/07/what-is-derivative-work-in-the-digital-age/
Published: October 7, 2024 13:00
Ideas and concepts, including “derivative works,” are only important to the extent they elucidate our understanding of the world. When the use of “derivative works” leads to more confusion than clarity, we should be cautious in adopting the new meaning…
Antitrust Lawsuit Filed Against Large Academic Publishers
Published: September 17, 2024 13:15
On September 12, a San Francisco-based law firm filed an antitrust lawsuit on behalf of UCLA professor Lucina Uddin against six prominent academic publishers and the trade association that represents them: Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Sage Publications,…
Hachette v. Internet Archive Update: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against Internet Archive
Published: September 5, 2024 19:57
We got a disappointing decision yesterday from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the long-running Hachette v. Internet Archive (IA) copyright lawsuit about IA’s digitization and lending of books. The Court affirmed the district court’s decision that…
The AI Copyright Hype: Legal Claims That Didn’t Hold Up
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/09/03/the-ai-copyright-hype-legal-claims-that-didnt-hold-up/
Published: September 3, 2024 12:59
Over the past year, two dozen AI-related lawsuits and their myriad infringement claims have been winding their way through the court system. None have yet reached a jury trial. While we all anxiously await court rulings that can inform our future…
Authors Alliance and SPARC Supporting Legal Pathways to Open Access for Scholarly Works
Published: August 27, 2024 14:00
Authors Alliance and SPARC are excited to announce a new collaboration to address critical legal issues surrounding open access to scholarly publications. One of our goals with this project is to clarify legal pathways to open access in support of federal…