Creative Rights In AI Coalition calls on government to protect copyright as AI policy develops
The SoA has joined with organisations across the creative industries to call on the government to protect copyright
The SoA responds to the HarperCollins AI licensing deal
We respond to a deal that HarperCollins has sent to some of its nonfiction authors
Authors and other creatives sign statement rejecting unlicensed training of generative AI models on creative work
More than 10,500 people across the creative industries have signed so far
Human? Or hybrid?
Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp reveals how AI is affecting literary translators
The Society of Authors writes to tech companies asserting members’ rights around uses of their works by generative AI
Tech companies must agree licences and seek agreement from authors for all past and future uses
The SoA responds to Taylor & Francis Group’s sale of data to develop AI
Informa, the parent company of Taylor & Francis Group, sold access to book data for an initial fee of over US$10 million
The SoA responds to the 2024 General Election results
Following the Labour Party’s landslide election victory on Thursday 4 July 2024, we look at some of the challenges ahead and call on the new Government to commit to supporting authors and other creative professionals
What will the next Government do for authors?
With the General Election only a week away, we’ve prepared seven questions for you to put to candidates and party campaigners
EGM – resolutions and next steps
On 2 May 2024, SoA Members voted on three Resolutions at an Extraordinary General Meeting
SoA welcomes cross-party parliamentary report on creator remuneration
The report echoes and endorses SoA calls for better contract terms, consent and remuneration mechanisms from AI developers and the appointment of a Freelance Commissioner
SoA survey reveals a third of translators and quarter of illustrators losing work to AI
Survey on generative AI highlights the growing impact of new technologies on creative careers, and an urgent need for ethical development that works within copyright laws
Publishers demand that tech companies seek consent before using copyright-protected works to develop AI systems
The letter from the Publishers Association, which represents over 180 publishers, calls on developers of generative artificial intelligence systems to no longer use rights-protected works without express licence