#FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers‘ Council (EWC) gives a voice to authors from Belarus and Ukraine
Own-Initiative Report on Cultural and Creative Sectors in the Age of AI (2025/2180(INI)), Rapporteur: Hélder Sousa Silva MEP, CULT Submission by the European Writers’ Council (EWC): Europe’s competitiveness does not lie primarily in simply replicating the same model, albeit with a few more legal safeguards.
8 Demands for a sustainable future of Authors’ Right in the era of so-called AI: EWC response on the CALL FOR EVIDENCE
“Report on the review of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive / Targeted initiative for a better copyright environment for European creativity and innovation” This initiative by the…
EWC Position Paper on the 5th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (EU) 2019/790 on 7th June 2026
Dear Member States, dear European Commission: Thanks for nothing! The Directive (EU) 2019/790, once praised as a milestone for protecting authors and intended to close the value gap, is today…
Pivotal Moment in Poland: EWC’s Open Letter on the Act on the Protection of the Book Market
During the ministerial consultation phase, the EWC is supporting its member, Unia Literacka, in its efforts to pass a law of vital importance to Poland, with the aim to install…
EWC at the Workshop Generative AI and Copyright upon invitation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The Committee on Legal Affairs, with the support of the Policy Department for Justice, Civil Liberties and Institutional Affairs, organised a Workshop “Generative AI and copyright”. The event took place…
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…
Protect Europe’s Creative Soul! EWC joins Open Letter to Commission
Artificial intelligence relies on our creative content to function at all. Without it, AI is blind, empty and speechless. Europe’s creative soul is being exploited. Let’s take action! Let’s get…
Not fit for purpose: Writers, translators and journalists of the European text sector express strong opposition to the EU’s Code of Practice
Joint open letter by CEATL, EFJ and EWC to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen & the EU AI Board PDF of Joint Letter EWC CEATL EFJ (more…)
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…
EWC at the Copyright Conference of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU
As part of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), the FPS Economy invited experts and organisations to a two half-day copyright conference that took place…