The beginning of the Authors Alliance - Creative Commons

peter.suber's bookmarks 2014-05-22

Summary:

"Yesterday marked the launch of the Authors Alliance, a nonprofit organization that supports authors who want “to harness the potential of digital networks to share their creations more broadly in order to serve the public good.”In an interview with Publisher’s Weekly, Authors Alliance founder Pamela Samuelson explained that the Authors Alliance will have a few different roles. Inwardly, the group will 'provide authors with information about copyrights, licensing agreements, alternative contract terms,' and other practical legal information so that they can make their works widely and openly available. And externally, the Alliance will 'represent the interests of authors who want to make their works more widely available in public policy debates,' and advocate for these reforms alongside like-minded public interest organizations.The Authors Alliance was developed by Samuelson and several of her colleagues at the University of California Berkeley including Molly Van Houweling, Carla Hesse, and Thomas Leonard. The Alliance also has an advisory board made up of pre-eminent scholars, writers, and public interest advocates, including several members of the Creative Commons board of directors. The Authors Alliance is now accepting new members ..."

Link:

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42754

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Tags:

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Authors:

Timothy Vollmer

Date tagged:

05/22/2014, 19:50

Date published:

05/22/2014, 11:39