Non-title-specific foreign reprographic royalties received by ACA are distributed to our Member Associations. These funds are mandated to benefit every American creator, and not just an organization’s members.
ACA pays title-specific foreign reprographic royalties directly to identified photographers, artists and writers. We are proud to help support a vibrant, growing American arts community. To date, over $3 million has been paid to more than 3,000 creators. Are we looking for you? Visit our Individual Author Distributions Program page to find out.
In response to the latest rulemaking proposal from the U.S. Copyright Office, the NWU has formally requested that the Copyright Office “establish an affordable, minimally burdensome procedure and schedule of fees for registration of Web content, including entire websites, regardless of the number of ‘works’ they include.”
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of the landmark $1.5 billion class action settlement. The order comes some ten and a half months after the parties reached a historic settlement in the closely watched copyright infringement lawsuit over unauthorized uses of authors’ works in AI training and development.
NPPA argues that restricting courtroom cameras will not prevent artificial intelligence from creating fabricated images or videos of judicial proceedings. Instead, it deprives the public, historians, journalists, and the courts themselves of “the most powerful tool available for identifying and disproving falsehoods: an authentic and authoritative record.”
Even among the constant drumbeat of layoffs and shrinking budgets over the past few years, the recently announced layoffs at Scientific American have elicited shock, dismay, and grief throughout our science writing community.
(T)his rare move by the Court tells the litigants that even though a panel of three Ninth Circuit judges have rendered an opinion in the case, the question is unsettled enough that a hearing by the full 11-judge panel is warranted.
(T)he Dramatists Guild signed onto an amicus brief filed by the National Coalition Against Censorship. The brief urg(es) the court to affirm that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)’s implementation of the Trump Administration’s Executive Order prohibiting the use of federal funds to “promote gender ideology” has created an impermissible chill on artistic expression.
TAA has issued a position statement regarding the challenges and risks of GenAI to creators, educators and learners.
The CLEAR ACT would require generative AI platforms to submit to the Register of Copyrights a notice of the works used in the development of training datasets. The Act also requires the Register to publish a publicly available database of the notices, and gives copyright holders a path to bring civil action if the AI company fails to supply the required notice.
The Society is proud to further its mission of supporting and preserving the art and history of illustration through educational and social programming, with its continuation of the prestigious Student Scholarship Competition. These scholarship programs offer financial support to college-level students, as well as promotional opportunities to help them establish careers in illustration and comic a
Hosted by archivist Theo Baker, SCBWI interviews publishing pros as well as award-winning and best-selling children's book writers, illustrators, and translators who inform and inspire about the ins and outs of the children’s book industry. Find out about the craft and creative process behind young adult novels, picture books, middle-grade fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction for kids.
Estimates vary, but some industry trackers suggest that 5,000–7,000 new books appear on Amazon every day, and a growing number are mass‑produced or algorithmically generated. For working authors, differentiation isn’t just about craft anymore; it’s about visibility, connection, and trust.
The SFWA Givers Fund is a pool of money set aside for SFWA to support other organizations’ efforts to promote writing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related genres in the speculative fiction field. We do this through grants for organizations, entities, and projects that hope to contribute to that field.