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Our advocacy work supports authors’ rights and their ability to earn a living in
the changing publishing landscape. Here’s where we stand on copyright, free
speech, piracy, and other issues central to professional authors today.

Learn More

“Controlled Digital Lending” or “CDL” is a recently invented legal theory that
allows libraries to justify the scanning (or obtaining of scans) of print books
and e-lending those digital copies to users without obtaining authorization from
the copyright owners.

Learn More

Effective copyright protection is the linchpin of professional authorship: it
enables authors to make a living writing. The Authors Guild is dedicated to
ensuring this remains possible in the twenty-first century. But we also
recognize that copyright is not absolute.

Learn More

In the interest of bolstering the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of
expression, the Authors Guild opposes censorship and lends its support to
legislation protecting free speech, most recently by urging Congress to pass a
federal reporter’s shield law.

Learn More

Our new advocacy campaign aims to restore balance to the author-publisher
relationship and help authors achieve a fair return for their contributions to
the joint venture of book publication.

Learn More

The Authors Guild has been working with legislators and private companies for
years to develop a more comprehensive solution to Internet piracy. We advocate a
balanced approach that protects the creative marketplace without standing in the
way of digital innovation.

Learn More

A twenty-first century Copyright Office is central to a properly functioning
copyright law. The Copyright Office has been providing important, effective
services to authors with the resources it has, but its infrastructure, funding,
and status within the U.S. government are relics of the analog era.

Learn More

Writing is both a craft and a business. Here you’ll find news and analysis about
the state of the publishing industry, as well as updates about what we’re doing
to ensure that writing remains a viable profession in a period of great
challenges for working authors.

Learn More

From time to time we’ve opposed Amazon’s more ruthless tactics, not because
we’re anti-Amazon, but because we believe the company has threatened the
publishing ecosystem in ways that jeopardize both our individual livelihoods and
the future of authorship itself.

Learn More

We’ve received final approval of our class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of
thousands of freelance writers who had been paid by major newspapers and
magazines for one-time use of their articles, only to see their work swept into
electronic databases without further compensation.

Learn More


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Recent Related News
Letters Sent to Congress and White House to Address Mixed-Earner Gap
Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Is ILLEGAL. Here’s Why
The Writing Life: Still Ours to Defend
Recent Related News
IA “National Emergency Library” Update
Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors
Tell Internet Archive to Remove Your Books from the So-Called National Emergency
Library
Recent Related News
Section 512 Reform Update: House of Representatives, Copyright Office Hear
Concerns About Section 512
Concerns Over Anti-Author Bias in ALI’s Copyright Restatement
The CASE Act: Your Questions Answered
Recent Related News
Authors Guild Signs Letter in Support of Anti-SLAPP Statute
Temporary Restraining Order Lifted from Simon & Schuster, Allowing Mary Trump
Book to Proceed
Authors Guild Opposes Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Twitter
Recent Related News
Advances Should Remain Advances
A Manuscript’s Acceptability Should Not Be a Matter of Whim
Guild's Letter to Publishers Calls for Real Change to Book Contracts
Recent Related News
AG Members Join Amazon Publishing and PRH in Suit Against Kiss Library
Authors Guild President Doug Preston testifies before the Senate Judiciary
Committee Subcommittee of Intellectual Property
Call to Action: Get Google to Remove Ebook.bike Links from Search Results
Recent Related News
Copyright Office Bill Passes House, Heads to Senate
Guild Commends Efforts to Increase Copyright Office Autonomy
New Legislation Paves Way to Copyright Office Independence
Recent Related News
Guild Leaders Talk Digital-Age Authorship at Congressional Caucus Event
For the Big Five, Agency Now Holds Sway Across the Board
For Amazon Authors, International Royalties in Flux as Payment per Page Drops
Again
Recent Related News
Amazon’s Buy Box Shake-Up: An Update
Amazon’s Taking Another Bite of the Publishing Pie
Authors Guild Files Brief Affirming Benefits of Competitive E-book Economy
Recent Related News
Freelance Settlement Update
$18 Million Settlement of Freelance Suit Against Electronic Databases Granted
Final Approval
Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Decision on Freelance Settlement
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