JOINT STATEMENTS

Joint Statements and press releases, representing the views of either the EWC or specific members.

A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING AI GENERATED BOOKS – Joint Statement

Machine-made products that simulate creative works using generative AI should not benefit from authors’ rights legislations or generally be considered as cultural assets.  The European Writers’ Council (EWC), the European Council of Literary Translators’ Association (CEATL) and the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) are calling…

Support for the writer Boualem Sansal

The arrest of Boualem Sansal on 16 November 2024 on his arrival in Algiers is yet another example of the repression of intellectuals by regimes determined to stifle any form of criticism or dissent. Charged with ‘undermining the integrity of national territory’ in Algeria, he…

EWC contribution to the AI Office consultation: Future-Proof AI Act

EWC responded to the Multi-stakeholder Consultation FUTURE-PROOF AI ACT: TRUSTWORTHY GENERALPURPOSE AI with the proviso that the premise of this consultation needs formal clarification. The exception(s) for text and data mining (Art. 3, Art. 4, Directive (EU) 2019/790) is inapplicable: The statutory language and text…

WIPO SCCR45: Joint Statement by observing Authors, Publishers and CMOs

Joint Statement ahead of WIPO’s SCCR, 45th Session, April 2024 In April 2024 the next SCCR meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will take place. On that occasion the undersigned international organisations, WIPO oberservers representing authors, publishers and their collective management organisations (EFJ…

For an innovation and creator friendly AI Act

Europe’s creative community urges EU policymakers to put transparency back at the heart of the EU AI Act. As the AI Act is entering into the final round of negotiations, we urge all policy makers to prioritise maximum transparency on training data and artificially generated…