The Algorithm's Muse: AI in Authorship and Publishing
Courts, the US Copyright Office, retailers and authors' groups have each answered part of the AI authorship question. The answers side by side.
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AI Regulation in Publishing: Striking the Essential Balance
An editorial on AI regulation in publishing: what the Copyright Office and the courts have said about human authorship, the lawsuits over AI training, and why clear rules matter.
Who Actually Controls a Book's Film Rights
The Authors Guild model contract tells authors to strike film and television out of the publisher's grant. A March 18, 2026 Lionsgate deal was a studio buy, with Jane Fonda attached.
What the Lionsgate Correspondent Stories Do Not Include
Deadline and Variety reported on March 18, 2026, that Lionsgate won a seven-studio bidding war for Virginia Evans's novel, with Jane Fonda attached. Neither story has a release date or a price.
How the Big Five Publishing Houses Are Losing Authors to Self-Publishing
The author exodus from traditional publishing is not a trend — it is a structural shift.
The Big Five in Crisis: How AI and the New Economy Are Reshaping Traditional Publishing
The five conglomerates that control approximately 80% of the traditional publishing market — Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Boo…
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