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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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Joint Letter by 15 authors’ and performers’ organisations to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CULTURE POLICY, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS
11 months ago
General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: Joint letter from authors and performers sent to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef (more…)

Conference – Impact of AI on Media and Creative Industries

12 months ago

A discussion on AI’s impact on the cultural and creative sectors which covers topics such as authors’ rights and working conditions, transparency and remuneration.

JOINT STATEMENT to Ursula von der Leyen and the new elected European Parliament on the impact of AI on the European creative community

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, CULTURE POLICY, NEWS
2 years ago
13 AUTHORS’, PERFORMERS’ AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKERS’ ORGANISATIONS JOINT STATEMENT ON THE IMPACT OF AI ON THE European creative community  On behalf of a coalition of organisations representing the collective…

JOINT STATEMENT ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE EU AI ACT

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ARTISTIC FREEDOM, CULTURE POLICY, NEWS
2 years ago
AUTHORS’, PERFORMERS’ AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKERS’ ORGANISATIONS JOINT STATEMENT ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE EU AI ACT  With 12 other authors’, performers’ & creative workers’ organisations, we stated again…

EWC joined the WIPO CONVERSATION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) AND FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, NEWS
2 years ago
EWC joined the WIPO CONVERSATION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) AND FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES At the Ninth Session, Geneva, March 13 and 14, 2024, the EWC reminded the over 5000 participants at this…

Urgent – Al Act: Letter of concern on the stopped negotiations

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, NEWS
2 years ago
Al Act Proposal Trilogue: Letter of concern on the stopped negotiations over Foundation Models It was with great dismay that we learned of the termination of the negotiations during the…
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EIBF, FEP, EWC – Common Statement: For the sake of the book chain and democracy

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CULTURE POLICY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, EWC-STATEMENTS&PRESS RELEASES, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS
2 years ago
The EU must act now to ensure that Generative AI is more transparent – for the sake of the book chain and democracy On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book…

Analysis: The success of Generative AI in the book sector is based on theft

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS
2 years ago
Generative, analytical and assistive informatics, sub-areas of so-called artificial “intelligence”, threatens numerous jobs and fields of labour in the book sector and will replace some professions by machines in the…

AI Act: 13 International and European Authors’ and Performers’ federations call for a human centric approach to generative AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS
2 years ago
The EWC, together with 12 European and International authors’, performers’ and other creative workers’ organisations, urgently call for a human centric approach to generative AI, built upon informed consent, transparency,…

NEWS

PLR International: EWC is founding member of New Association

December 11, 2025

Joint Call by EWC & CEATL to stand in solidarity with human translators

November 24, 2025

EWC @Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 – Panels & Events

October 14, 2025

Supporting the Call: Keep Europe’s Culture strong

October 4, 2025

Update: Anthropic Copyright Class action

October 4, 2025

EWC stays cautious on the Anthropic settlement proposal for U.S. copyright claims

September 9, 2025
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