The perils of online pictures
The SoA’s Legal Counsel, Keith Ashby, and Senior Contracts Advisors, Theo Jones and Ambre Morvan, give a snapshot of the law around image permissions
The SoA’s Legal Counsel, Keith Ashby, and Senior Contracts Advisors, Theo Jones and Ambre Morvan, give a snapshot of the law around image permissions
A round-up from the SoA on recent AI news
Tech companies must agree licences and seek agreement from authors for all past and future uses
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
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
The Society of Authors’ calls on Google to be transparent regarding the use of copyright protected works to train AI systems
Authors, publishers and agents’ representatives write to Prime Minister in the week of landmark summit
Sign the letter and join authors calling for consent, credit and compensation
Suggestions from the SoA’s advisory team to protect yourself and your work from the impact of new technologies
We urge the festival to replace the AI illustrations with credited artwork from a human artist
A paper based on guiding principles, but lacking specifics, shows how far we are from practical AI regulation
Open Library’s ‘controlled digital lending’ is not fair use, court rules