Launch of 2025 National Survey of Comic Creators
The Comics Cultural Impact Collective, the Association of Illustrators and the Society of Authors are pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 National Survey of Comics Creators.
Ignite Fellowship Statement
The Society of Authors in Scotland (SoAiS) is deeply disappointed to hear of the closure of the Scottish Book Trust’s Ignite Fellowship. The Fellowship’s loss also underlines the worrying trend of the clear decline of funding for arts and culture across Scotland.
Bloomsbury explores AI licensing deal
Our campaign for the rights and interests of authors in the face of big tech companies using copyrighted work to train their generative AI models continues this week.
Our letter to WeTransfer
WeTransfer recently updated their terms and conditions defining what they can do with the files you upload. We asked them for clarification.
National Year of Reading
The Society of Authors supports the aims of the National Year of Reading and welcomes renewed national attention on literacy.
The SoA’s message to Meta: don’t steal our books
Around 150 authors made their voices heard at the protest outside Meta’s London headquarters.
UK authors stage protest at Meta HQ against Zuckerberg’s #bookthieves
Authors will be protesting in person and online
SoA day of action following allegations of Meta’s mass theft of authors’ work
The SoA is organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models
SoA report into authors’ views on the AI and Copyright consultation
96% of authors surveyed believe an opt-out system would negatively impact the creative industries
The LibGen data set – what authors can do
Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI programmes
UK creative industries launch copyright fightback against global tech firms’ AI models
Hundreds of news brand titles campaign today as the government consultation on AI ends
We need your views: Working with, not for, artificial intelligence
Please complete our survey by 9 February to help inform our response to the government’s copyright and AI consultation