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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Accessibility”

IAF at WIPO SCCR37

Luke Alcott 19th December 2018 Accessibility, Artists Resale Right, Copyright law, News, WIPO

IAF attended the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR37) in Geneva during the week commencing 26 November 2018. The SCCR37 agenda continued the work of previous sessions …

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IAF statement on limitations and exceptions for educational and research institutions and for persons with other disabilities

Luke Alcott 17th December 2018 Accessibility, News, WIPO

As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held the 37th session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), Maureen Duffy gave the following statement on behalf of …

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Update from IFRRO 2018 World Conference

Luke Alcott 6th November 2018 Accessibility, Fair contracts, Greece, IAF, IFRRO, News, PLR, WIPO

The International Authors Form (IAF) hosted a reception on 24 October at the IFRRO 2018 World Conference in Athens. IAF Secretariat Luke Alcott gave an update on the recent work …

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IAF survey on author-publishers

Luke Alcott 13th September 2018 Accessibility, Author-publishers, News

The International Authors Forum (IAF) thanks all members who replied to our survey on author-publishers. Valuable to the work we do, the results show that Australia and UK are the …

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Has your Country signed up to the Marrakesh Treaty? A call to action

Luke Alcott 22nd May 2018 Accessibility, News

What is it? The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (MVT) was adopted on 27 June 2013 …

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How are author-publishers dealt with in your country?

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 21st May 2018 Accessibility, News, WIPO

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 …

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Winners for 2017 Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award Announced at The London Book Fair

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 30th March 2017 Accessibility, Book Fair, News, UK

The winners of the 2017 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced on the evening of Tuesday 14th March at the annual London Book Fair held at the …

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Update on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 20th September 2016 Accessibility, News

As previously reported, the Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013. It forms part of the body of international copyright treaties administered by WIPO. Its main goal is to …

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Marrakesh VIP Treaty: one step closer to solving global book famine

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 9th August 2016 Accessibility, IAF, News

On 20 June 2016 Canada signed the Marrakesh Treaty, becoming the 20th country of the 188 Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to do so. The Treaty …

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IAF on Twitter

International Authors Forum @intauthors ·
13 Mar

We're pleased to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with @fit_ift. We'll work side by side to tackle challenges in an ever-changing world, making sure authors’ and translators’ rights will be respected 🙌

Read more: http://ow.ly/qEpv50NgF4o

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ALCS @alcs_uk ·
8 Mar

This #InternationalWomensDay let's remember that strides still need to be made. Our recent research with @copyrightcentre revealed that the gender pay gap between writers has grown from an already substantial 33% in 2016/17 to 41.4% in 2020/21 #IWD #IWD2023

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IAF on Instagram

Kickstarting our AGM with the Power of Authors con Kickstarting our AGM with the Power of Authors conference, in Cape Town. Looking forward to three days of fruitful discussions around authorship 💡
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Very excited to be heading to #SouthAfrica tomorro Very excited to be heading to #SouthAfrica tomorrow for our AGM 🇿🇦 Looking forward to catching up with our members from all over the world and joining the Pan-African Writers' Association symposium.
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Risks and profits should be shared fairly in your Risks and profits should be shared fairly in your contract. Authors shouldn’t be contractually liable for events beyond their control and they should be paid fairly for any risks.

That’s it! Now you have all the 10 principles we believe make up a fair writing contract 🎉📝
Your publishing contract should be: ✅Clear ✅ W Your publishing contract should be:
✅Clear
✅ With technical terms defined
✅ Written in plain English where possible 

What else should be in your contract? Find out by heading to our YouTube channel.
A fair contract should keep your options for the f A fair contract should keep your options for the future open 🕊 

Head to our YouTube to learn more about fair contracts for authors.
We were glad to be part of the signing ceremony of We were glad to be part of the signing ceremony of the World Book Capital Network in Wroclaw, Poland. IAF will work closely with every partner to make every World Book Capital a success ✨
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