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The Atlantic

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My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good.

Sep 27, 2023

When The Atlantic revealed last month that tens of thousands of books published in the past 20 years had been used without permission to train Meta’s AI language model, well-known authors were outraged, calling it a “smoking gun” for mega-corporate m

The Millions

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Poetry Book Contracts: What to Know Before You Sign

Apr 29, 2021

Here’s what you should read carefully, what you might be able to negotiate, and a few things that might be red flags. The post Poetry Book Contracts: What to Know Before You Sign appeared first on The Millions.

Poets & Writers

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Fight for Your Rights

Oct 10, 2018

By Laura Maylene Walter I HAVE long advocated for writers to understand the terms set forth by author agreements and publishing contracts—and to be careful about signing away the rights to their creative work. Still, I understand the temptation to fo

Writing Magazine

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Clause Unsheathed

Aug 5, 2021

Lurking in the depths of publishing contracts is an unremarked section known as the no-partnership clause which stipulates that the contract does not in any way imply partnership between the publisher and the author. It is not a clause that often exc

The Atlantic

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The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries

Apr 9, 2023

If civilization ever falls to a zombie apocalypse or nuclear Armageddon, we will need to have preserved centuries of accumulated practical knowledge to rise again. And if humanity should go extinct, leaving nothing but our legacy, the alien explorers

Poets & Writers

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Negotiating Your Contract

Apr 10, 2019

FOR many writers, an agent agreement or publishing contract can be an elusive thing. As with four-leaf clovers, having one in your hand can feel like a matter of luck as much as hard work and perseverance. Because of the dismaying odds and long years

Poets & Writers

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The Nitty-Gritty

Dec 16, 2020

SAY you’ve just written a scene into your novel in which a character puts in her earbuds and joins Adele in belting out a few lines from her 2015 hit “Hello.” Or say you’ve written a collection of essays and want to use quotations from your favorite

Writer's Digest

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Wd 101

Apr 12, 2021

Sharpen your pencils for a pop quiz: Which of these qualifies as a “fair use” of another’s work? A. When I use part of an old work that is in the public domain. (Nope. If something is in the public domain, it is no longer—or never was—protected by co

Writing Magazine

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© Opyright Basics

Mar 4, 2021

Celebrating its 21st anniversary on 26 April 2021, World Intellectual Property Day recognises the impact intellectual properties have on our day-to-day lives. As writers, many of us wouldn’t have a writing business if it wasn’t for copyright, because

Writer's Digest

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Fair Use

Oct 31, 2022

Sharpen your pencils for a pop quiz: Which of these qualifies as a “fair use” of another’s work? A. When I use part of an old work that is in the public domain. (Nope. If something is in the public domain, it is no longer—or never was—protected by co