E-LENDING
WIPO SCCR/42: “There shall be no competition among human rights”
One Year of Crisis: The Winter of our Discontent
Playing off the right to education and culture, and the authors’ right against each other harms a democracy
Every use must be remunerated: Interview with EWC President Nina George
IFRRO launches Guide on Licensing of Out of Commerce Works
EWC long-read-pick: “Copyright as the Canary in the Coalmine” by Hugh Stephens
UK: EWC Member The Society of Authors deems so-called National Emergency Library ‘disgraceful and unlawful’
STUDY: E-Book Piracy displaced legal consumption
EWC welcomes the decision against “re-sale” of e-Books
STUDY: IMPACT OF E-LENDING ON THE PRIMARY MARKET
EWC joins IFRRO-Statement against the so called „Controlled Digital Lending”
USA: 42 % DECLINE IN AUTHORS’ EARNINGS
Controlled Digital Lending (CDL): An appeal to readers and librarians from the victims of CDL
Authors’ Rights in the Digital World
Content4Education: How EU Member States can ensure the delivery of sustainable, high-quality content for education
Content4Education: Statements by EWC Members and EWC President
AUTHORS’ RIGHTS
@FreeAllWords publiserer oversatte tekster fra ukrainske og belarusiske forfattere. Prosjektet er i regi av @CouncilWriters, med bidrag fra bla. @FrittOrd, @Kopinor og @Forfatterforb. Sjekk ut ...hjemmesiden her: https://freeallwords.org
In 2022, our #CCFG (co-)hosted or officially supported 7 public events, including with these partners: @le_CNM @MinistereCC @regiongrandest @saabrussels @SportsGroup2024 @Liveurope @ABconcerts ...@Creators_ECSA @Film_directors @CouncilWriters @ScreenwritersEU @EVisual_Artists.
There are also the impacts these systems are having on small rights holders, whose data is often used without their consent, attribution, or compensation. Hence the lawsuits against Midjourney by ...artists, and against OpenAI/Microsoft/Github by coders
https://twitter.com/neilturkewitz/status/1614316534750654465
NEWS ALERT…
Class action lawsuit filed against Midjourney, StabilityAI (StableDiffusion) & DeviantArt for the unauthorized use of copyright protected works to train their AI systems.
...https://stablediffusionlitigation.com/pdf/00201/1-1-stable-diffusion-complaint.pdf
What impact will ChatGPT have on colleges, the workforce and democracy? Monday on http://andrewyang.com/podcast writer for the Atlantic and author of “The Next Civil War: Dispatches from ...America’s Future” @StephenMarche joins to talk where AI is taking us - whether we like it or not.
From the week: Surveying the Profession(s): How Much Do UK Writers Earn? | @Porter_Anderson https://bit.ly/3WDDnT8 @ALCS_UK @Soc_of_Authors @copyrightcentre @UofGlasgow | A new British survey of ...authors warns of falling incomes and faltering sustainability in writing occupations
#KI #Hörbuch Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks | Apple | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks