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
Calling for transparency for the use of creators’ works in Google’s new Gemini AI system
The Society of Authors’ calls on Google to be transparent regarding the use of copyright protected works to train AI systems
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