Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: SFWA's Comments to the US Copyright Office - Writer Beware(R)

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Writer Beware (R) site. There our traveling kitty pilot found a post about Artificial Intelligence-generated (AI-generated) written material.

 

There's a lot of AI written garbage.

The post contains a letter written to the US Copyright Office by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). The letter was sent in response to the Copyright Office's request for comments about AI issues with "creating" material. The SFWA believes AI-generated work should be uncopyrightable. The letter lists the reasons why from a writer's point of view. Then, if at a point in the future the Copyright Office does decide to allow AI work copyright status, the SFWA lists four criteria which should be met.

Panzer says, "It all makes sense to this little kitty."

Note: This is a very long post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a large muffin to snack on while you read this post.

 

 To read the post tootle over to Artificial Intelligence 

The Authors Guild Open Letter to Generative-AI Leaders

The Authors Guild drafted a letter to the company leaders in generative AI. The letter addresses the Authors Guild's areas of concern in the use of AI in the writing environment.

Read it before you sign it.

Writers and their friends and associates are asked to sign the letter to show their support.

 

 The link below will take you to the letter site. Scroll down the page to read the letter. To sign the

  letter fill out the information on the top right-hand column.

 

To read the post tootle over to Authors' Guild Open Letter

 

To read more information on the Authors Guild's stand on AI generated writing tootle over to Artificial Intelligence 

Audible Letter Petition - The Authors Guild

Today as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere he made a stop at the Authors Guild site. There our traveling kitty boy found a letter The Authors Guild plans to send to Audible-ACX. Panzer told you about Audible's membership program that touts the return and exchange of authors' audio books.

 

The Authors Guild letter lays out all the reasons the return/exchange program is unfair to authors and the narrators of their audio books. The Authors Guild is soliciting authors and their supporters' signatures on the letter. The Guild would like to collect 25,000 signatures.

 

Please help.

Panzer says, "It might seem like you're saving yourself money by returning and/or exchanging an audio book, but you're really costing the audio book author and the narrator money when you do it."

 

Note: It's a medium length letter. Bring a cup of tea to drink while you read it.

 

To read the full letter and add your name, tootle over to Letter to Audible

To read Panzer's previous post tootle over to #Audiblegate

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