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Free All Words#FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers‘ Council (EWC) gives a voice to authors from Belarus and Ukraine

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AI Act: 13 International and European Authors’ and Performers’ federations call for a human centric approach to generative AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS
18 mins ago
The EWC, together with 12 European and International authors’, performers’ and other creative workers’ organisations, urgently call for a human centric approach to generative AI, built upon informed consent, transparency,…

EWC Statement on Artificial “Intelligence” and the AI Act proposal

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, NEWS, STATEMENTS
5 months ago
Writers of the book sector call for an ethical and legally effective approach to so-called artificial “intelligence” in the AI Act proposal Reform the text-and-data-mining exception Consent requirement instead of dysfunctional…

Meet our writers on tour at the DAY OF EUROPEAN AUTHORS, 27 March

CULTURAL EXCHANGE, CULTURE POLICY, DAY OF EUROPEAN AUTHORS, NEWS
6 months ago
#ReadWithEurope: The Day of European Authors, to be celebrated on 27 of March 2023 for the very first time, is a new initiative led by the European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.…

Celebrate with us the new DAY OF EUROPEAN AUTHORS on 27 March

CULTURAL EXCHANGE, CULTURE POLICY, DAY OF EUROPEAN AUTHORS, NEWS
6 months ago
#ReadWithEurope: The Day of European Authors, to be celebrated on 27 of March 2023 for the very first time, is a new initiative led by the European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel…

WIPO SCCR/43: Protect your intellectual properties and mental capital

EDUCATIONAL SECTOR, NEWS, STATEMENTS
6 months ago
As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held the 43th session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) hybrid in March 2023, EWC President Nina George submitted…

WIPO SCCR/43: PLR implements the principle that ‘every use must be remunerated’

NEWS, PLR, STATEMENTS
6 months ago
As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held the 43th session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) hybrid in March 2023, EWC President Nina George submitted…

Joint statement from authors’ and performers’ organisations on Artificial Intelligence and the AI Act

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS
8 months ago
Joint statement from authors’ and performers’ organisations on Artificial Intelligence and the AI Act True culture needs originals:Transparency and consent are key to the ethical use of AI (more…)

Convocation of the EWC-FAEE AISBL Annual General Meeting 2023

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BURNING ISSUES FORUM, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, EWC-EVENTS
8 months ago
The Annual General Meeting of the European Writers’ Council (EWC) with the Election of the Board 2023-2025 will take place on: Sunday, 4 June 2023, 09:30-14:00 CEST, Hotel Albrechtshof, Albrechtstraße 8, 10117 Berlin,…

EWC project #Freeallwords translated text by Nobel Price for Peace Laureate

ARTISTIC FREEDOM, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, FREEALLWORDS, LITERARY EVENTS, MEDIA, NEWS, PROJECTS
10 months ago
The international support project #FreeAllWords translates works of Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aleś Bialacki into seven languages ++ PRESS RELEASE ++ Brussels, 9 December 2022 In October 2022, the…

Women in Literature: The FIL Symposium

ARTISTIC FREEDOM, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, CULTURE POLICY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, MEMBERS, NEWS, SURVEYS
1 year ago
On the occasion of the Symposium Women* in Literature on 18 and 19 June 2022 and organised by EWC Member A*dS (Authors and Translators Switzerland) EWC President Nina George gave the…

NEWS

What works – what not: 14th INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT (PLR) CONFERENCE

September 16, 2023

EWC joins Cultural Action Europe in a letter of concern about a proposed cut of 40 millions EUR to the Creative Europe Program budget

September 11, 2023

12th-14th September: INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT (PLR) CONFERENCE

September 5, 2023

EWC launches the initiative AGAINST WRITOIDS

August 7, 2023

European Writers’ Council and Authors Guild Join Forces to Advocate for Authors’ Rights and Address Emerging Challenges

July 28, 2023

European Writers’ Council (EWC) on the AI Act Proposal

July 26, 2023

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