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Free All Words#FreeAllWords: International Text and Translation Fund of the European Writers‘ Council (EWC) gives a voice to authors from Belarus and Ukraine

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EWC Burning Issues Forum 2025 – Writers on the Storm

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, BURNING ISSUES FORUM, CULTURE POLICY, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, EWC-EVENTS, MEMBERS, NEWS
1 year ago
Where: National Library of Norway, the hall Målstova, Oslo (Norway) When: Saturday 24 May 2025, 13:00-17:15  The program of the forum was developed by the European Writers’ Council (EWC) together…

EWC raises concerns of the Code of Practice procedures: flawed and AI-industry favoring

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA, NEWS
1 year ago
Coded for privileged access How Big Tech weakens rules on advanced AI: The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation…

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…

EWC contribution to the AI Office consultation: Future-Proof AI Act

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS
2 years ago
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…

THE EWC’s AI TOOL KIT FOR THE BOOK SECTOR

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CONTRACTS, NEWS, PUBLICATIONS
2 years ago
Recommendations by the European Writers’ Council (EWC) for writers and translators, publishers, booksellers, event organisers and further stakeholders of the book sector for bilateral and contractual agreements and technical requirements.…

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Critical Voices in Critical Times

June 16, 2026

Defending The Writer as Critical Infrastructure

June 16, 2026

Press Release: European Writers’ Council – AGM 2026, Brussels

June 8, 2026

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

June 1, 2026

Council of Europe says “Yes to Authors’ Rights” and “No to the TDM exceptions for AI” – but when will the European Commission ever see reason?

May 29, 2026

WIPO’s 48th SCCR – increasing pressure on human authors

May 25, 2026
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