Executive Director, Authors Alliance. Often tweeting from @Auths_Alliance @daverhansen@indieweb.social
Chapel Hill, NC
Joined November 2013
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Yesterday evening Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter filed suit against a number of individuals involved in both her attempted removal and replacement, including Todd Blanche and Paul Perkins.
Read our examination on Perlmutter's legal arguments here:
authorsalliance.org/2025/05/…
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The last few days have been quite dramatic for anyone paying attention to copyright law and policy.
Here's our breakdown of the third and final Copyright Office report on copyright and AI, and the dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter:
authorsalliance.org/2025/05/…
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Our office has two new full time job postings. The Licensing Specialist supports licensing review and processes for the Library’s electronic resources, and more. View more details and apply at careerspub.universityofcalif… @UCBerkeleyLib
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How we safeguard our digital history is the subject of Tuesday’s roundtable #booktalk, "VANISHING CULTURE: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record."
📅 Dec 3
🕙 10am PT / 1pm ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-v…
#VanishingCulture @InternetArchive #MemoryHole
ALT Image for the Vanishing Culture booktalk, including photos of Luca Messarra, Chris Freeland, and Juliya Ziskina.
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From @dbamman (co-authored w/@rach_scholcomm) new paper today relying on #copyright exemption for decrypting DVDs to conduct #textdatamining. Using the exemption, authors built a collection of film to measure representation for gender and race/ethnicity pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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My new book, The Line: AI & the Future of Personhood, was published today by MIT Press. It is under a CC license so you can read it for free. scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi…
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Exciting news! Read about our new collaboration with @SPARC_NA on legal pathways to open access for scholarly works:
authorsalliance.substack.com…
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NATHAN SCHNEIDER's book GOVERNABLE SPACES argues the internet fosters "implicit feudalism" towards autocratic norms. Join our upcoming #booktalk to learn how it could spark a democratic renaissance instead.
📅 Aug 22
⏰ 10am PT/1pm ET
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-g…
#Tech #Democracy
ALT Image for the GOVERNABLE SPACES book talk. Text reads: "ONLINE. Join us for a book talk with author Nathan Schneider. Discover how we can transform digital spaces into more democratic and creative environments, inspired by governance legacies of the past. UCSD professor and author Lilly Irani will lead our discussion." Photos include the book cover, Nathan Schneider and Lilly Irani.
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We're living through one of those moments when millions of people become suddenly and overwhelmingly interested in fair use, one of the subtlest and worst-understood aspects of copyright law. It's not a subject you can master by skimming a Wikipedia article!
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ALT EFF's banner for the 'Unfiltered' white paper, depicting TV static overlaid with a parody of the Youtube logo and wordmark, but instead of 'Youtube' it reads 'Fair Use,' with glitched vertical and horizontal sync that distorts the logo. Image: EFF https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/yt-fu-1b.png CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en
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The #AIAct requires GPAI model developers to implement policies to comply with opt-outs under EU © law. This policy brief explores strategies and standards for making opt-outs effective & scalable so that they work for rightholders & model developers 🤖✍️ openfuture.eu/publication/co…
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You still have time to register for today's book talk with @Auths_Alliance at 10am PT / 1pm ET for "The Secret Life of Data" 👇
eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-t…
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Join our European eBook ecology webinar: 📆 Fri 12 April 🕓 14:30 CEST
Dive into #eBook markets, #eLending & library access with expert speakers from @Auths_Alliance, @fesabid & @freiheitsrechte
🎟️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
🔗 Details: knowledgerights21.org/news-s…
#eBookSOS
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I co-authored an article for the American Historical Review (published by Oxford University Press). In the grand tradition of scholarly publishing, I was paid $0 to produce it, but I still feel pretty cool. Ping me for the free-access link! doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad528
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The right of publicity has been in the news a lot lately with the rise of AI-generated celebrity imitations. Brush up on the doctrine in our recent guide, and learn more about the issues in today's blog: authorsalliance.org/2024/03/…
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I am delighted to host Day 4 of the 11th @FairUseWeek w/ a post from @DigLibCopyright Dave Hansen, #copyright expert & ED of @Auths_Alliance exploring the relationship between AI, caselaw, & non-expressive use "Why #FairUse Supports Non-Expressive Uses" sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-w…
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Hopefully this Bill will succeed... Crown copyright is outdated and unnecessary; the censorship it enables adds to the democratic deficit fixcrowncopyright.ca/
Both @CPC_HQ & @NDP asked for its abolishment in the 2019 final report of the Copyright Act
Bid to End Crown Copyright is Back: @BrianMasseMP Bill C-374 Would Remove Copyright from Government Works
michaelgeist.ca/2024/02/bid-…
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Guest post by Greg Cram, associate general counsel and director, Information Policy; and Kathleen Riegelhaupt, director eReading, The New York Public Library ... @nypl ...
#FeedingTheElephant kicks off its 2024 slate of posts with Kathleen Riegelhaupt and @GregCram giving an overview of @nypl's scholarly press backlist revival project.
➡️networks.h-net.org/group/dis…
ALT An orange background with an elephant and four books outlined in white. The text reads: "Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications. #FeedingTheElephant."
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👩🏫 Join the KR21/ODIPI webinar series on copyright law!
These free webinars are tailored to ©️ experts & enthusiasts in #research, #education, and #CulturalHeritage sectors, including #GLAM
🔔 Don't miss out & secure your spot: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
📅 Check the schedule 👇
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Its a bumper crop going into the public domain this year. Check it out!
January 1 2024 is Public Domain Day! Works from 1928 go into the US public domain: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman, Cole Porter’s Let’s Do It;+ sound recordings from 1923 & much more! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/public…
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As big 3 labels and publishers lobby hard against the South African copyright amendment bill, which would create new exclusive rights for performers and require that all remuneration contracts for uses of works be "fair", famous artists are speaking out to support it. @WCL_PIJIP
Music legend Marah Louw calls for policy makers to urgently protect South African Artists from exploitation.
Fair Royalties Now
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