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AI FOMO leads to turning a blind eye on damages done: EWC’s Response on the Call for Evidence “AI Strategy for the CCS”

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, CONTRACTS, CULTURE POLICY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS, Statements

2 weeks ago

RESPONSE by the EUROPEAN WRITERS’ COUNCIL CALL FOR EVIDENCE FOR AN INITIATIVE (without an impact assessment):“AI Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Sectors” –Ref. Ares(2026)7389748 – 27/07/2026 To the attention…

Cultural and Creative Sectors in the Age of AI: EWC’s Call for a Change in Europe’s Mindset

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, CONTRACTS, CULTURE POLICY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS, Statements

3 weeks ago

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

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CONTRACTS, E-LENDING, NEWS, Statements, SURVEYS

3 months ago

“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

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CONTRACTS, E-LENDING, EDUCATIONAL SECTOR, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS, PLR, Statements, SURVEYS

4 months ago

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

CONTRACTS, CULTURE POLICY, FACTS AND FIGURES, JOINT STATEMENTS, MEMBERS, NEWS, Statements

6 months ago

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)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS

1 year ago

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

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CONTRACTS, CULTURE POLICY, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, MEMBERS, NEWS

1 year ago

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, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, CAMPAIGNS, CULTURE POLICY, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS

1 year ago

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

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CULTURE POLICY, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS

2 years ago

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

CONTRACTS, E-LENDING, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS

2 years ago

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…

AI FOMO leads to turning a blind eye on damages done: EWC’s Response on the Call for Evidence “AI Strategy for the CCS”

Cultural and Creative Sectors in the Age of AI: EWC’s Call for a Change in Europe’s Mindset

8 Demands for a sustainable future of Authors’ Right in the era of so-called AI: EWC response on the CALL FOR EVIDENCE

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

Pivotal Moment in Poland: EWC’s Open Letter on the Act on the Protection of the Book Market

EWC at the Workshop Generative AI and Copyright upon invitation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)

EWC contributed to the Call of Evidence for the Culture Compass

Protect Europe’s Creative Soul! EWC joins Open Letter to Commission

Not fit for purpose: Writers, translators and journalists of the European text sector express strong opposition to the EU’s Code of Practice

Transparency is the needed commitment to fairness: EWC Position Paper

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