This year, IAF attended the London Book Fair to meet with members and hear about the issues affecting them. We have written up a selection of some of the most …
IAF presents The Case for Copyright
In light of growing pressure on governments to devalue copyright in recent years, IAF presents The Case for Copyright, which outlines the essential principles for building a case for copyright …
Canadian Authors’ Incomes in Steep Decline
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has released the results of its 2018 income survey report, Diminishing Returns: Creative Culture at Risk, which revealed an increasingly common downward trend in …
PLR side event at WIPO SCCR 37
As our members know, we work very closely with PLR International to support their mission in supporting countries interested in setting up Public Lending Right (PLR) schemes. PLR International will …
How are author-publishers dealt with in your country?
The International Authors Forum (IAF) sits on the Board of the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). They aim to make as many books available …
Fair remuneration for screenwriters and directors: sign the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) petition now
The SAA, alongside the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) and the Federation of Screenwriters (FSE), has launched a petition calling on European decision-makers to consider screenwriters and directors in …
Postcards from IAF: authors are writing the future
At an event hosted by King’s College London, the International Authors Forum (IAF) celebrates the power of writers to effect change around the globe. On 10th October 2017, an extraordinarily …
“Penne in borsa 2017”: open call for two writing residencies in Umbria, Italy
Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori (FUIS) has established two writing residencies in Casteldilago, Umbria, Italy, for emerging writers. One residency will go to an Italian writer and the other to a …
Gratulacje Poland! First year of Public Lending Right (PLR) under the management of Copyright Polska
At the end of 2015, Public Lending Right (PLR) was implemented into Polish Copyright Law. Under this new regulation, about €1 million (3, 801,000 PLN in 2016) from the state …