330 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
phone: 212-564-8350 (Authors League)
phone: 212-563-5904 (Authors Guild)
Paul Aiken, Executive Director
What/For Whom
The Authors League of America, founded in 1912, represents the interests of authors and playwrights regarding copyright, freedom of expression, taxation, and other issues. It consists of two component organizations, the Dramatists Guild and the Authors Guild, Inc.
The Authors Guild, Inc., founded in 1921, is the national society of professional authors representing over sixty five hundred writers of books, poetry, articles, short stories, and other literary works in matters of business and professional interests. The guild and the league conduct several symposia each year at which experts provide information on such subjects of interest as rights of privacy and publicity, libel, wills and estates, taxation, copyright, editors and editing, the art of interviewing, and standards of criticism and book reviewing.
Example
The Authors League represents the interests of authors in the work of the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress including library photocopying and other major copyright issues. In addition, the Authors League files amicus curiae briefs on behalf of writers in the Supreme Court and United States and state appellate courts; testifies before congressional and state legislative committees; and issues public statements on various First Amendment issues, among them secrecy clauses in government contracts and book banning in schools.
Publications
The Authors Guild Bulletin, various leaflets, and pamphlets.
Sources of Support
Membership dues from the Dramatists Guild and the Authors Guild; activities fees.
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