JOINT STATEMENTS

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

Joint Statement: The Impact of AI on the European creative communities

December 4, 2024

Facing today’s reality and paving the way for the next EU policy agenda If properly enforced, the AI Act will be a step in the right direction but will not be sufficient for a meaningful AI strategy for the cultural and creative industries . Together with…

Support for the writer Boualem Sansal

November 28, 2024

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

September 24, 2024

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

April 12, 2024

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…

IFRRO: Joint statement regarding exceptions and limitations to authors’ rights and copyright

March 7, 2024

Joint statement of IFRRO and its European association members ahead of WIPO SCCR: 45th Session, April 2024 In April 2024 the next SCCR meeting of the next World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will take place. On that Occasion IFRRO and its European association members (EFJ…

For an innovation and creator friendly AI Act

November 23, 2023

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…

EIBF, FEP, EWC – Common Statement: For the sake of the book chain and democracy

October 18, 2023

The EU must act now to ensure that Generative AI is more transparent – for the sake of the book chain and democracy On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the biggest book fair in the world, the European Writers’ Council (EWC), the Federation…

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

September 26, 2023

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, fair remuneration and contractual practices. Read the joint statement on the EU AI Act: (more…)

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

On 4 september, Culture Action Europe, on behalf of a group of 70 networks and organisations from across the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSIs), addressed a letter to the EU Member States and the Council of the EU in protest for the proposed…

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

July 28, 2023

The European Writers’ Council (EWC) and the Authors Guild have entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on promoting and protecting the rights and freedoms of authors in an evolving literary landscape. (more…)

EWC joins IFRRO statement on the AI Act proposal

July 18, 2023

The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) and its members of authors’, artists and publishers’ federations acknowledge the EU’s proposed AI Act. However, to effectively address the risks faced by authors and publishers, it is important to clarify the terminology in relation to “obligations of the…

WIPO SCCR45: Statement by PLR International on the WIPO PLR Study 2024

April 11, 2024

On the ocassion of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 45 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) PLR International will submit on behalf of the PLR International Network and its Steering Committee the following intervention. (more…)

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

February 9, 2023

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…)

EWC co-signed a “friend of the court” brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive

March 20, 2024

The European Writers’ Council (EWC) co-signed together with 15 Organisations a “friend of the court” brief in Open Library Lawsuit against the Internet Archive. The case is now on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On March 22, 2024, the…

Amicus Brief in Open Library Lawsuit against the Internet Archive

August 16, 2022

European Writers’ Council (EWC) co-signed together with over 20 Organisations an Amicus Brief in Open Library Lawsuit against the Internet Archive On Friday, August 12, 2022, the US-Authors Guild filed an amicus brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the lawsuit against Internet Archive’s unauthorised scanning…

Content4Education: How EU Member States can ensure the delivery of sustainable, high-quality content for education

August 8, 2022

EWC joined the Content4Education Campaign, to support writers and translators during the period of a fair implementing of the DSM Directive. The EU Copyright in the Digital Single Market (“DSM”) Directive 2019/790, adopted in April 2019, includes a mandatory exception to copyright under Article 5…

Ukraine: European and International Writers and Translators against War and Violence

February 25, 2022

Ukraine: European and International Writers and Translators against War and Violence – 53 Chairs and Presidents from 29 countries signed the declaration. We condemn Putin’s crimes against democracy and humanity.The violent attack on 24 February by the Russian government on Ukraine is a war against…

Ми засуджуємо злочини Путіна проти демократії та людства.

February 24, 2022

Сьогоднішня жорстока атака з боку російського уряду на Україну — це війна проти усіх демократій, наших цінностей, наших переконань щодо миру, свободи та прав людини. (more…)

JOINT STATEMENTS