The Authors Alliance officially launches on May 21st at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. The group, founded by Pam Samuelson, Cory Doctorow, Katie Hafner, Kevin Kelly and Jonathan Lethem, is aimed at digital writers and will “represent the authors who like fair use, users’ rights, and who reject censorship and surveillance,” Doctorow stated at Boing Boing.
Samuelson talked further about the new organization in an interview with Publishers Weekly.
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Hi, a correction: this group was actually founded by four UC Berkeley professors, none of whom are professional authors. Two of the four founders are lawyers who have been very public and vocal in the past about their desire to limit authors’ ability to have control over their own works. Read what a Pulitzer Prize winning author has to say about the Authors Alliance here: http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2014/05/14/what-is-the-authors-alliance/
There is an organization called The Author Alliance which seems to be about offering marketing services. Coincidentally they started following me on twitter just today. Probably a coat tail riding campaign, but sure to lead to confusion.
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