STAKEHOLDERS
Cooperations, working groups and memberships
FERA stands in solidarity with Ukrainian filmmakers and the Ukrainian people following Russian army’s invasion
DSA Plenary vote: Broader KYBC obligations but a missed opportunity
DSA: Disappointing IMCO vote, but a genuinely safe and trustworthy online environment is still possible, says Creativity Works!
IFRRO – International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
The Creativity Works! Alliance
The Cultural and Creators Friendship Group
EWC – FEP – EIBF
The Authors’ Group
EWC membership of external working groups
CEATL publishes the first results of its legal survey
RE:START CONVERSATIONS 2: Investing in a high-quality digital education ecosystem is investing in democracy
Authors’ Group press statement on the transposition of the 2019 EU Copyright Directive.
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
AUTHORS GROUP POSITION – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF ARTISTS AND THE CULTURAL RECOVERY IN THE EU
RE:START CONVERSATIONS. Beyond the crisis: Recovery, resilience and sustainability of the book sector – 17 March 10.00 CET – ONLINE
IFRRO launches Guide on Licensing of Out of Commerce Works
The DSA should upgrade the responsibility of online platforms, not weaken it, says Creativity Works!
Creativity Works! welcomes the IP Action Plan
Cultural Creators Friendship Group: OPEN LETTER ON ARTICLE 18
Private Copying Compensation: Joint Statement of Organisations representing Authors, Performers, Publishers and Creative workers at EU level
THE EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR LITERATURE REVEALS THE 2020 ANTHOLOGY
FEP REPORT: Consequences of the Covid-19 crisis on the book market
Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: Authors’ Group Recommendations on the Transposition of Articles 18 to 23
JOINT STATEMENT: COVID-19-Crisis: call for specific measures for authors!
European creators call for an ambitious and faithful implementation of the Copyright Directive on national level at ECSA’s Creators Conference
DSM Directive: The Authors’ Group first recommendations on the transposition of Articles 18 to 23
Joint statement of the European book sector concerning the cultural budget in Flanders
Creative Europe Programme: EWC signs Open Letter
Nominated by EWC: Morten Visby elected as Director in the IFRRO-BOARD
Scotland: EWC at the IFFRO World Congress. Statement on the importance of PLR
EWC joins IFRRO-Statement against the so called „Controlled Digital Lending”
EWC signs Joint Statement on private Copy Compensation
Culture: Not found. Open Letter to President-elect Ursula von der Leyen.
ALDUS – European Book Fairs’ Network
BEHIND THE SCREENS
ALLIANCES
@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