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If you're an author who wants to make your voice heard, consider joining the Authors Alliance. Membership is free and gives you access to valuable resources and support. We welcome authors of all types! Join now: authorsalliance.org/join
If you're an author who wants to make your voice heard, consider joining the Authors Alliance. Membership is free and gives you access to valuable resources and support. We welcome authors of all types! Join now: authorsalliance.org/join
The Public Interest Corpus has completed the last of three planning workshops. A diverse group of stakeholders sharpened our implementation plan by contributing expert insights on users, uses, and managing legal risk, data development and access, multi-stakeholder governance, and sustainability.
The Public Interest Corpus Update – Oakland Edition
Center for Library & Instructional Computing Services, Undergraduate Library, 1986 The Public Interest Corpus recently completed the last of three planning workshops. The final workshop was hos…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Public Interest Corpus has completed the last of three planning workshops. A diverse group of stakeholders sharpened our implementation plan by contributing expert insights on users, uses, and managing legal risk, data development and access, multi-stakeholder governance, and sustainability.
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a spate of new developments in AI copyright lawsuits; a number of these cases raise DMCA §1201 circumvention claims, including most recently a suit brought by UMG Recordings against Suno, an AI music generation platform.
Suno, Yout, Perplexity AI and §1201: AI Training and another piece of the DMCA
“No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.” 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)(A) “a technological measure “effectively controls …
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a spate of new developments in AI copyright lawsuits; a number of these cases raise DMCA §1201 circumvention claims, including most recently a suit brought by UMG Recordings against Suno, an AI music generation platform.
One of the most exciting initiatives working on OA for backlist books is the Big Ten Open Books program. This post is based on a set of questions we posed to Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) about what the program is and how it works.
Big Ten Open Books: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM)
Authors Alliance has had a longstanding interest in helping authors see their older books reinvigorated with new life by making them available online for free on an open access basis. One of the mo…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
One of the most exciting initiatives working on OA for backlist books is the Big Ten Open Books program. This post is based on a set of questions we posed to Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) about what the program is and how it works.
We're super excited about this ambitious project to map Diamond Open Access publishing across the United States. Congrats to @wearelyrasis.bsky.social, @bigtenacademic.bsky.social, and California Digital Library.
Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, https://ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We're super excited about this ambitious project to map Diamond Open Access publishing across the United States. Congrats to @wearelyrasis.bsky.social, @bigtenacademic.bsky.social, and California Digital Library.
Join us and OCEAN this Friday, November 21 for "Creating with AI: Copyright Issues Related to Authorship, Authenticity, and Preservation for AI-assisted Works". We'll explore copyrightability and authorship of AI-assisted creative works.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join us and OCEAN this Friday, November 21 for "Creating with AI: Copyright Issues Related to Authorship, Authenticity, and Preservation for AI-assisted Works". We'll explore copyrightability and authorship of AI-assisted creative works.
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🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
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#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
#CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. He explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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A new ruling in Authors Guild v. OpenAI has major implications for copyright law, well beyond artificial intelligence.
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School. It was originally posted here, a…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A new ruling in Authors Guild v. OpenAI has major implications for copyright law, well beyond artificial intelligence.
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
This is a guest post by @matthewsag.bsky.social, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School
Few things are more frustrating than seeing research retracted over copyright or licensing issues, especially when retractions are based on copyrights that don’t even exist. That’s the case with the Morisky Medical Adherence Scale (MMAS), which has triggered numerous retractions for unlicensed use.
The Morisky Medical Adherence Scale: a case study in using flimsy copyright claims to inhibit research
For anyone who is a regular reader of Retraction Watch, few things are more frustrating than seeing research retracted over copyright or licensing issues, since licensing has very little to do with…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Few things are more frustrating than seeing research retracted over copyright or licensing issues, especially when retractions are based on copyrights that don’t even exist. That’s the case with the Morisky Medical Adherence Scale (MMAS), which has triggered numerous retractions for unlicensed use.
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, & @BrewsterKahle chat with Wired’s @LaurenGoode.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast about the web’s rise, its impact, & why preserving it is vital for cultural history.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, & @BrewsterKahle chat with Wired’s @LaurenGoode.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast about the web’s rise, its impact, & why preserving it is vital for cultural history.
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In principle, open access means that anyone, anywhere, can read and reuse scholarly work. In practice, many works labeled as “open” are constrained by restrictions that limit how they can be used. These constraints dilute the value of openness and conflict with its foundational definitions.
Open? When Site Restrictions and Clauses Undermine Open Access
Open access publishing has transformed the way research circulates. In principle, open access means that anyone, anywhere, can read and reuse scholarly work without financial, legal, or technical b…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In principle, open access means that anyone, anywhere, can read and reuse scholarly work. In practice, many works labeled as “open” are constrained by restrictions that limit how they can be used. These constraints dilute the value of openness and conflict with its foundational definitions.
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1 trillion web pages preserved. An audacious goal now reality.
Hear Mark Graham of the #WaybackMachine on how the #InternetArchive reached this milestone on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
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Hear Mark Graham of the #WaybackMachine on how the #InternetArchive reached this milestone on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen ⤵️
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October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
1 trillion web pages preserved. An audacious goal now reality.
Hear Mark Graham of the #WaybackMachine on how the #InternetArchive reached this milestone on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen ⤵️
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Hear Mark Graham of the #WaybackMachine on how the #InternetArchive reached this milestone on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
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On December 4th I'll be in conversation with @hjoseph.bsky.social about my new book Publishing Beyond the Market. Part of the @authorsalliance.bsky.social and @archive.org book talk series.
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Book Talk: Publishing Beyond the Market
Join author Samuel Moore in conversation with Heather Joseph as they reimagine open access through collective, scholar-led publishing.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On December 4th I'll be in conversation with @hjoseph.bsky.social about my new book Publishing Beyond the Market. Part of the @authorsalliance.bsky.social and @archive.org book talk series.
Register here:
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Register here:
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Upcoming Event (Tuesday, October 21 @ 11:00am ET): Public Access in Transition: Nelson Memo, Federal #Licensing, and the Future of Open Scholarship Details/Register Here: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #scholcomm #libraries #openscholarship @authorsalliance.bsky.social @sparcopen.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Upcoming Event (Tuesday, October 21 @ 11:00am ET): Public Access in Transition: Nelson Memo, Federal #Licensing, and the Future of Open Scholarship Details/Register Here: harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #scholcomm #libraries #openscholarship @authorsalliance.bsky.social @sparcopen.bsky.social
Join us in Charleston on November 4 for our preconference, "How Can Libraries and Publishers Collaborate to Make Backlist Monographs Open Access?, which is free to attend through the support of the California Digital Library, the De Gruyter eBound Foundation, and University of Michigan Library.
How Can Libraries and Publishers Collaborate to Make Backlist Monographs Open Access?
Join us in Charleston this November for a Preconference on making backlist monographs open access! Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 1pm-4pm ET Cost: $0 Presenters: Dave Hansen, Executive Director, Author…
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us in Charleston on November 4 for our preconference, "How Can Libraries and Publishers Collaborate to Make Backlist Monographs Open Access?, which is free to attend through the support of the California Digital Library, the De Gruyter eBound Foundation, and University of Michigan Library.
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We’re happy to be joining the SJSU Open Access Virtual Conference to discuss how librarians and researchers are navigating the updated NIH Public Access Policy: scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer...
October 21, 2025. Free to register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 21, 2025. Free to register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We’re happy to be joining the SJSU Open Access Virtual Conference to discuss how librarians and researchers are navigating the updated NIH Public Access Policy: scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer...
October 21, 2025. Free to register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 21, 2025. Free to register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Libraries, archives & museums are under pressure, but cultural memory can survive.
Hear author @TJOwens.bsky.social of AFTER DISRUPTION: A FUTURE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY chat with @ShannonNattern.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
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Hear author @TJOwens.bsky.social of AFTER DISRUPTION: A FUTURE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY chat with @ShannonNattern.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Libraries, archives & museums are under pressure, but cultural memory can survive.
Hear author @TJOwens.bsky.social of AFTER DISRUPTION: A FUTURE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY chat with @ShannonNattern.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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Hear author @TJOwens.bsky.social of AFTER DISRUPTION: A FUTURE FOR CULTURAL MEMORY chat with @ShannonNattern.bsky.social on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
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We recently received a question regarding the AI scraping of Institutional Repositories: (1) Do open access Institutional Repositories permit the use of the IR’s materials for AI training? and (2) Are there legal mechanisms that would prevent the use of IR materials in AI training?
Institutional Repositories and AI Scraping
We recently received a question regarding the AI scraping of Institutional Repositories, by which we mean online digital archives that provide access to the intellectual output of scholars, often a…
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October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We recently received a question regarding the AI scraping of Institutional Repositories: (1) Do open access Institutional Repositories permit the use of the IR’s materials for AI training? and (2) Are there legal mechanisms that would prevent the use of IR materials in AI training?
In celebration of Open Access Week UNCW is hosting a talk from Eric Harbeson, Scholarly Publishing Legal Fellow at Authors Alliance, on changes to research funders' public access policies and how those changes interact with institutional and publisher policies. Join us!
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October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In celebration of Open Access Week UNCW is hosting a talk from Eric Harbeson, Scholarly Publishing Legal Fellow at Authors Alliance, on changes to research funders' public access policies and how those changes interact with institutional and publisher policies. Join us!
uncw.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We’re delighted to announce the recipients of our AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest grant awards. Chosen from a competitive pool of over 160 proposals, these grantees stood out for their thoughtful, innovative projects that align with our mission to serve the public interest.
AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest Grant Recipients
We’re delighted to announce the five recipients of our AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest grant awards. Chosen from a competitive pool of over 160 proposals, these grantees stood out for their…
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October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We’re delighted to announce the recipients of our AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest grant awards. Chosen from a competitive pool of over 160 proposals, these grantees stood out for their thoughtful, innovative projects that align with our mission to serve the public interest.
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Part will also go to continued membership in @authorsalliance.bsky.social, who are fighting to ensure that our collective knowledge can be used fairly and for public benefit.
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Part will also go to continued membership in @authorsalliance.bsky.social, who are fighting to ensure that our collective knowledge can be used fairly and for public benefit.
Yesterday we filed an amicus brief in Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. Though the suit is different in many ways from other AI lawsuits, this one is significant because it is the first time a US Circuit Court will have the opportunity to directly address the applicability of fair use to AI training.
Authors Alliance Files Amicus Brief in Thomson Reuters v. Ross
Yesterday Authors Alliance filed an amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, the long-running lawsuit between Thomson Reuters, owner of Westlaw (a legal research platform) and ROSS Int…
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September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yesterday we filed an amicus brief in Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. Though the suit is different in many ways from other AI lawsuits, this one is significant because it is the first time a US Circuit Court will have the opportunity to directly address the applicability of fair use to AI training.
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🎼 From sampling to streaming, copyright touches every part of modern music.
Jennifer Jenkins & James Boyle explore this & more in MUSIC COPYRIGHT, CREATIVITY, AND CULTURE on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
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Jennifer Jenkins & James Boyle explore this & more in MUSIC COPYRIGHT, CREATIVITY, AND CULTURE on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎼 From sampling to streaming, copyright touches every part of modern music.
Jennifer Jenkins & James Boyle explore this & more in MUSIC COPYRIGHT, CREATIVITY, AND CULTURE on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen to all episodes ⤵️
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@authorsalliance.bsky.social
Jennifer Jenkins & James Boyle explore this & more in MUSIC COPYRIGHT, CREATIVITY, AND CULTURE on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen to all episodes ⤵️
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Tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 1, at 2 pm ET, tune into our free webcast about new publication and data sharing policies at IMLS & Dep.t of Energy. The event is co-hosted w/ @authorsalliance.bsky.social. Register now: sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IMLS and DOE Policy Overview & FAQ Webcast. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
On October 1 at 2pm ET / 11am PT, SPARC and Authors Alliance will co-host a webcast providing an overview of the IMLS publication and data sharing policies and the Department of Energy’s data sharing ...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 1, at 2 pm ET, tune into our free webcast about new publication and data sharing policies at IMLS & Dep.t of Energy. The event is co-hosted w/ @authorsalliance.bsky.social. Register now: sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Check out the article @rachaelgs.bsky.social wrote with
@authorsalliance.bsky.social. It explores how academic researchers & libraries are navigating private contracts that override key copyright exceptions meant to protect research, teaching, and innovation. copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...
@authorsalliance.bsky.social. It explores how academic researchers & libraries are navigating private contracts that override key copyright exceptions meant to protect research, teaching, and innovation. copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...
CONTRACTUAL OVERRIDE | The Copyright Society
How Private Contracts Undermine the Goals of the Copyright Act for Libraries and Researchers, and What We Can Do About It
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September 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Check out the article @rachaelgs.bsky.social wrote with
@authorsalliance.bsky.social. It explores how academic researchers & libraries are navigating private contracts that override key copyright exceptions meant to protect research, teaching, and innovation. copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...
@authorsalliance.bsky.social. It explores how academic researchers & libraries are navigating private contracts that override key copyright exceptions meant to protect research, teaching, and innovation. copyrightsociety.org/journal-entr...
This fall semester, we and Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) are co-hosting a Discussion Series on AI and its implications professionals working in libraries, archives and museums and for authors, artists, scholars, researchers who work with them.
More info and registration here:
More info and registration here:
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September 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This fall semester, we and Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) are co-hosting a Discussion Series on AI and its implications professionals working in libraries, archives and museums and for authors, artists, scholars, researchers who work with them.
More info and registration here:
More info and registration here: