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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
3 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

3 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
10 months 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
1 year 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, NEWS, STATEMENTS
1 year 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, NEWS, STATEMENTS
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, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS, STATEMENTS
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

Open letter for transparency in AI developement and respecting creators’ rights – ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council

May 7, 2025

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

April 26, 2025

A CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING AI GENERATED BOOKS – Joint Statement

April 23, 2025

WIPO SCCR 46: “It is essential to protect human authors and the free word” – EWC on the PLR Scoping Study

April 9, 2025

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

April 9, 2025

Contractual practices in Europe: Commission publishes updated study

April 5, 2025
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