How to protect against scammers – a new guide for authors
The Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain publish new guidance to help authors protect themselves against scammers.
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John Degen on falling in love with the fight for authors’ rights
This week our Chief Executive, Anna Ganley, has been at the International Authors Forum (IAF) AGM in Mexico City. Among the events was a panel discussion on AI, where John Degen made a powerful contribution. He has very kindly allowed us to share his words here.
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A “hard-won moment” as the government scraps copyright exception for AI training
The Society of Authors welcomes a “hard-won moment for authors and creators”, as the government confirmed it is moving away from a proposed copyright exception for AI training.
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Human Authored scheme launched as generative AI threatens authors’ livelihoods
The Society of Authors (SoA) has launched a Human Authored scheme to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books.
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Thousand of authors publish empty book to protest theft by AI companies
Around 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting against the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.
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SoA welcomes the Lords Communications & Digital Committee’s report recommendations
The proposals prioritise a licensing‑first model for AI training, backed by a clear Government statement and stronger transparency requirements.
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Brave New World? Justice for creators in the age of GenAI
We have joined forces with other creator-led organisations to co-launch a ground-breaking report showing the onset of a creative jobs crisis in the UK.
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Chief Executive Anna Ganley’s predictions for 2026
A look to the year ahead
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UK Government issues interim AI and copyright update
The SoA responds to the Government’s interim statement on artificial intelligence and copyright.
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A win for authors?
The latest on the US Anthropic case
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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.
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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.
