AAP chief Maria A. Pallante calls Audible’s ‘Captions’ an effort ‘to seek commercial advantage from literary works that it did not create and does not own.’
Hollywood’s Pitched Battle: Writers Guild Moves Suit to Federal Court
The writers’ action against the agency practice of ‘packaging’ teams for studios escalates to federal court with antitrust and anti-racketeering charges.
US Publishers Association and Authors Guild Renew Support for CASE Act
The US Senate Committee on the Judiciary has a markup session scheduled for the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act on Thursday (July 18).
BookExpo 2019 Opens: Much Programming, Immediate Seating Available
The APA’s audiobook conference drew big crowds on BookExpo’s opening day, with other compelling discussions on storytelling, rights, and translation drawing modest audiences.
US Authors Guild Joins With AAP and Copyright Alliance on CASE Act
Intended to make it easier for rights holders to defend copyrighted work the CASE Act is getting backing from publishing’s trade and advocacy organizations.
US Authors Guild Praises Nora Roberts’ Legal Action on Digital Plagiarism
The leading author-advocacy trade organization in the United States announces that it’s in talks with Amazon on issues of ‘plagiarism and scams.’
Society of Authors Calls on UK Government to Fight Online Book Piracy
‘Book piracy threatens authors’ livelihoods’ according to a new appeal from the Society of Authors to the British government to help protect copyright.
US Publishers Slam ‘CDL’ as ‘Systematic Infringement’ as UK Authors Write to Foundations
In a growing controversy over the Internet Archive’s handling of copyrighted material, the Association of American Publishers joins complaints from authors’ organizations.
Authors Guild and Society of Authors Allege Copyright Infringement by the Internet Archive
In a copyright flare-up, California’s Internet Archive finds itself on the wrong side of the English-speaking world’s two largest author trade organizations.
New, Larger Authors Guild Survey: Falling Incomes for US Writers
The new Authors Guild survey, larger than in the past and with input from other writing organizations, brings into question how authors are compensated and how the issue is assessed.