STATEMENTS

EWC Statements

EWC contributed to the Call of Evidence for the Culture Compass

Law enforcement, data gaps, digital monopolies and an urgent call for authors at the table, not on the menue: The EWC sets its primary goals for the Commission’s Culture Compass The Political Guidelines for the European Commission 2024-2029 attach importance to culture as part of…

WIPO SCCR 46: The educational crises cannot be solved via copyright law

In April 2025 the 46th SCCR meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) took place. On that occasion the Secretary General of the EWC European Writers‘ Council, Ms. Nicole Pfister Fetz, commented on Agenda Points 5 and 6 (Limitations and exceptions for libraries and…

EWC stands with Ukraine

3 years. And even more its important to stand & stand up for freedom. EWC STANDS WITH UKRAINE. Three years ago European and International Writers and Translators – 53 Chairs and Presidents from 29 countries – condemned the violent attack on 24th February by the…

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…

AI Pact: EWC contribution to the Selection of Topics

EWC urges the AI Office to not forget the sources of all AI development in the AI Pact: Authors, Artists and Performers The AI Act Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence entered into force on August 1, 2024. In this context,…

Transparency is the needed commitment to fairness: EWC Position Paper

EWC Position Paper on Contractual Practices in the European Book Sector Transparency is the needed commitment to fairness On the 3rd anniversary of the entry into force of the the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (2019/790 (EU)), the EWC…