STATEMENTS
WIPO SCCR/42: “There shall be no competition among human rights”
WIPO SCCR/42: PLR is the backbone of sustainable resources of education, knowledge, and culture
Measuring the crisis in the creative sectors: WIPO study published
Study on AI published
EWC STATEMENT: The EUPL is not inclusive anymore
EWC POSITION PAPER
Ми засуджуємо злочини Путіна проти демократії та людства.
Украина: писатели Европы против войны и насилия
EWC to AIDA Committee
To the Members of the European Parliament DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights
Launch of the EUIPO Out of Commerce Works Portal: EWC President Nina George stresses the need of a reliable opt-out mechanism for authors
Investing in PLR is investing in Human Rights, in Democracy, and in a sustainable Economy.
Forced liquidation: The European Writers’ Council stands with its member, the Union of Belarusian Writers
#freewordsBelarus: European Writers stand with the Union of Belarusian Writers
EWC demands support for writers, translators and cultural workers fleeing Belarus
The EWC condemns the attacks of the dictatorial Lukashenko regime on its member, the Union of Belarusian Writers, as well as on the writers’ organisation PEN Belarus in Minsk
Playing off the right to education and culture, and the authors’ right against each other harms a democracy
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