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

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS, STATEMENTS
1 month 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, MEMBERS, NEWS, STATEMENTS
1 month 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
2 months 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, JOINT STATEMENTS, NEWS, STATEMENTS
4 months 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…)

EWC urges UK Government: Don’t repeat EU’s devasting mistake on Copyright and AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL, NEWS, STATEMENTS
5 months ago
Instead of promoting a exception for Text and Data Mining, misinterpreted as “AI use” and together with a risky TDM opt-out regime, UK Government shall address the lack of transparency…

The Training of Generative AI Is Not Text and Data Mining: Study translated in English

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, FACTS AND FIGURES, NEWS
7 months ago
The important study on AI and TDM (= text and data mining) of Prof. Dr. Tim W. Dornis, J.S.M. (Stanford) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Stober is now also available in…

AI Pact: EWC contribution to the Selection of Topics

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEWS, STATEMENTS
11 months ago
EWC urges the AI Office to not forget the sources of all AI development in the AI Pact: Authors, Artists and Performers The AI Act Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down…

THE EWC’s AI TOOL KIT FOR THE BOOK SECTOR

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CONTRACTS, NEWS, PUBLICATIONS
1 year 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.…

EWC at the Copyright Conference of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, EUROPEAN WRITERS' COUNCIL
1 year ago
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…

EWC’s Ten Principles to regulate Generative AI

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEWS, STATEMENTS
1 year ago
EWC Handout: ten tasks and future scenarios to be addressed by political decisionmakers and stakeholders to regulate generative AI. The European Writers’ Council (EWC) is the world’s largest representation of…

NEWS

Code of Practice: EWC and European Human and Civil Rights Organisations urge Commissioner Virkkunen to bring back public transparency

July 4, 2025

Joint Statement: Authors, book professionals and literature need a proper funding and reading promotion, especially at the funding of Creative Europe

June 27, 2025

Joint letter to the European Parlament: Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI

June 19, 2025

EWC Resolution: The Threats by US AI Tech Oligopolies on culture, authors’ rights and freedom of Expression

June 3, 2025

EWC Burning Issues Forum 2025 – Writers on the Storm

May 19, 2025

Defending copyright is not a crime: EWC supports the Statement by the U.S. Authors Guild 

May 18, 2025
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