2022 ANNUAL REPORT - AUTHORS ALLIANCE

We also want to provide continued support for libraries by bringing author voices together in court and in the public sphere to explain how libraries serve our interests in providing access to and preservation of our works. [...] Thanks very much to our allies, partners, and supporters for making this guide possible! 6 Annual Report 2022 Author Talk Series In the fall of 2022, Authors Alliance launched our first author talk series with the Internet Archive, drawing hundreds of participants to tune in for discussions of several leading works on the intersection of authorship, information policy, and technology. [...] able to digitize and lend their works online, allowing us In 2023, Authors Alliance will begin the process of to show the court that authors are not a monolith, and petitioning for an expansion of the existing exemption. [...] Our brief asks the court to reject Amendment protections must be taken seriously in the this argument because it could introduce liability for context of expressive uses of trademarks, and asks activities like linking to other content, which is essential the Second Circuit to clarify a framework for answering for the operations of the internet and for many authors these questions in litigation. [...] In the face of this opposition, Wiley agreed to restore access for the academic year, but left authors and librarians with no assurance that the titles wouldn’t be removed in the future.