EDUCATIONAL SECTOR
WIPO SCCR/42: “There shall be no competition among human rights”
One Year of Crisis: The Winter of our Discontent
RE:START CONVERSATIONS 2: Investing in a high-quality digital education ecosystem is investing in democracy
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
RE:START CONVERSATIONS Part II – SAVE THE DATE Beyond the crisis: Recovery, resilience and sustainability of the book sector – 16 June 10.00 CEST – ONLINE
IFRRO launches Guide on Licensing of Out of Commerce Works
Private Copying Compensation: Joint Statement of Organisations representing Authors, Performers, Publishers and Creative workers at EU level
WIPO: EWC President’s testimonial on the “integrity of the digital society”
EWC long-read-pick: “Copyright as the Canary in the Coalmine” by Hugh Stephens
Finland: Income of non-fiction writers
EWC to WIPO on AI
Joint statement of the European book sector concerning the cultural budget in Flanders
EWC joins IFRRO-Statement against the so called „Controlled Digital Lending”
EWC signs Joint Statement on private Copy Compensation
Switzerland: EWC President’s Statement at WIPO on Limitations & Exceptions
THE VALUE OF WRITERS’ WORKS
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