Trade bodies call for ‘strong Government support’ in face of AI
Authors, publishers and agents’ representatives write to Prime Minister in the week of landmark summit
Join thousands of authors and sign the Authors Guild’s AI open letter
Sign the letter and join authors calling for consent, credit and compensation
Artificial intelligence: practical steps for members
Suggestions from the SoA’s advisory team to protect yourself and your work from the impact of new technologies
Use of AI: an exchange with Bradford Literature Festival
We urge the festival to replace the AI illustrations with credited artwork from a human artist
Long-awaited but vague – the SoA view on the government’s artificial intelligence white paper
A paper based on guiding principles, but lacking specifics, shows how far we are from practical AI regulation
Internet Archive: ‘timely victory for authors and publishers’
Open Library’s ‘controlled digital lending’ is not fair use, court rules
A victory in the fight against book piracy
Our response to the charges brought against the founders of Z-Library
Trade bodies write to Government on ‘pressing issue of copyright exhaustion’
The Society of Authors (SoA), Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA), Publishers Association (PA) and Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) write to BEIS to stress the importance of maintaining the current copyright regime.
Over twenty organisations sign amicus brief in Internet Archive lawsuit
Authors’ representatives act in support of publishers legal case against Internet Archive
Publishers vs Internet Archive – huge implications for US copyright law and piracy
Four publishers take action against Internet Archive’s Open Library
A short guide to copyright on British IP Day
To mark British IP Day, we are publishing this fantastic short guide to copyright, created by comics artists Woodrow Phoenix and Hannah Berry.
UK broadcasters agree on new copyright code of practice for proposals
BBC, ITV, Channel Four and Channel 5 among those adopting APC’s updated code of practice for handling submissions.