Authors Alliance launches, to the chagrin of the Authors Guild » MobyLives

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-05-21

Summary:

Tomorrow’s launch of a new organization called the Authors Alliance—founded by Berkeley academics interested in providing support for authors interested in sharing their content for free—is causing some disruption at the Authors Guild, an advocacy group for published writers. Founded in 1912, the Authors Guild is focused on copyright and fair contract terms, and some members had a strong reaction to the idea that a competing organization might draw its members away or tempt them to give their work away for free. Both organizations are supposed to be advocating for authors, right? So you think they’d find some way to work together for free speech, copyright protection, and favorable contract terms? Pamela Samuelson is one of four academics at Berkeley who helped to launch the Authors Alliance. She has a legal background, working with copyright protections for authors and restricting remedies for infringement. Another co-founder is Molly van Houweling who, unsurprisingly, helped to found Creative Commons. The organization is for content creators 'who are interested in making their works available on a widespread, no cost basis' ..."

Link:

http://www.mhpbooks.com/authors-alliance-launches-to-the-chagrin-of-the-authors-guild/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.authors_alliance oa.advocacy oa.copyright oa.licensing oa.libre

Date tagged:

05/21/2014, 08:18

Date published:

05/21/2014, 04:18