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THE EWC ELECTED A NEW BOARD FOR THE TERM 2023-2025

The General Assembly and Congress Days of the EWC-FAEE AISBL took place in Berlin from 2 to 4 of June 2023. 62 Delegates from 23 Countries and 34 Organisations elected a new Board: Miguel Ángel Serrano is elected as new President, outgoing President Nina George…

The EWC Burning Issues Forum on AI in the book sector – 3 June 2023

The EWC Burning Issues Forum AI: Legal, economic and ethical challenges in the book sector The forum will address issues of the present: technical and economical developments within the book sector, legal and ethical handling of AI for writers, translators, CMOs, and the whole book…

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

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 opt-out Transparency obligation in the proposal for an EU AI Act (AIA) Independent legal framework…

2 June 2023, Berlin: Welcome Reception of the European Writers’ Council (EWC)

To Bot or Not to Bot: Brave New World of Literature   Welcome Reception of the European Writers‘ Council (EWC) – Fédération des Associations Européennes d’Ecrivains Together with the Bundesverband deutscher Schriftsteller*innen (VS in ver.di), VG Wort, Staatsbibliothek Unter den Linden, and Kulturwerk e.V. Friday,…

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

#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. The tour of European writers and translators to schools is co-organised by the EWC and…

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

#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 and co-organised by the EWC and EUPL, to reconnect younger generations with book reading and…

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

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 on behalf of the European Writers’ Council (EWC) the following statement on the standing item…

Convocation of the EWC-FAEE AISBL Annual General Meeting 2023

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, Germany. Hall: Klepper (more…)

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

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 Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 to the Belarusian lawyer and…
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European Day of Languages | #FreeAllWords project

On September 26th, the European Day of Languages is celebrated all across the continent. On this day, the EWC-project #FreeAllWords draws attention to the increasing attacks against linguistic rights of authors and people in Belarus and in Ukraine. Brussels, 26 September 2022 On September 26th,…
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Support for Writers from Ukraine and Belarus: The project #FreeAllWords

#FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers’ Council (EWC) gives a voice to authors from Belarus and Ukraine   Brussels, 15 September 2022  ++ MEDIA INFORMATION ++ #FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers’ Council (EWC) gives a voice…

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Copyright Ecosystem

9 March 2022 EWC contribution for the WIPO Information Session on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Copyright Ecosystem During the WIPO 42nd Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), an Information Session on the Impact of the Covid-19…

EWC welcomes NBU as member again

EWC welcomes Norske Barne- og Ungdomsbokforfattere / NBU (Norwegian Writers for Children) as member again The power of the free word must never be under-estimated, and a close European collaboration between organizations of writers is a way to safeguard our basic rights and freedom of…

Amicus Brief in Open Library Lawsuit against the Internet Archive

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…

EWC welcomes Unia Literacka as new member

“We hope that European Writers’ Council will be a platform for international cooperation and exchange of ideas, a place where we will be able to discuss similar problems and learn of the solutions that have already been implemented elsewhere.” Read more about the new EWC…

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