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Statement by TWUC: Parliament must end Canada’s Copyright Crisis

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 6th August 2021 Canada, Copyright law, IAF, News

The Writers Union of Canada has responded to the Supreme Court Decision on the case of York University, et al. v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (“Access Copyright”), et al. ‘After …

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Canada Copyright Case continues to Supreme Court

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 30th April 2021 Canada, News

The International Authors Forum (IAF) will be intervening in the case of York University, et al. v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (“Access Copyright”), et al. at Canada’s Supreme Court. The …

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TWUC supports Access Copyright at the Supreme Court

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 23rd October 2020 Canada, Copyright law, News

The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) welcomed the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) decision to hear the appeal of Access Copyright in its long-running legal dispute with York University over …

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IAF launches new report on global challenges for authors’ incomes

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 30th September 2020 Artists Resale Right, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Ghana, News, PLR, UK, USA, WIPO

Authors around the world play an essential role in ensuring the prosperity of their societies. This makes it imperative that they have a conducive environment in which to work, are …

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Global Covid-19 support for authors

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 22nd June 2020 Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, News, UK, USA

As the Covid-19 health crisis continues across the globe, the incomes of self-employed workers from all sectors have been hit hard. Many writers, artists and other creators are among them. …

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Authors organisations respond to coronavirus

Luke Alcott 9th April 2020 Australia, Canada, Netherlands, News, UK, USA

As the COVID-19 health crisis deepens across the globe, the incomes of self-employed workers from all sectors have been hit hard, with many creators among them. IAF has collated a …

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Canadian Authors’ Incomes in Steep Decline

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 24th October 2018 Authors earnings, Canada, News

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 …

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Update: Copibec and Université Laval case settlement

Luke Alcott 12th July 2018 Canada, Copyright law, News

There has been an update to the class action case Copibec took against Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada): both parties have reached an out-of-court settlement that remains subject to court …

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What Next for the IAF? Rome 2018

Luke Alcott 16th April 2018 Artists Resale Right, Authors earnings, Canada, Copyright law, Fair contracts, France, IAF, Italy, MENA, News, UK, USA

On 14 March the International Authors Forum hosted What Next for the IAF, a series of panels discussions about authors’ issues around the world. We thank IAF member FUIS for their …

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IAF on Twitter

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19 May

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PLR Conference 2022
We are excited to welcome you to our international conference, which will be held for the first time since 2019 in Warsaw on 14-16 September 2022.
For more information:
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info@plrinternational.com

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International Authors Forum@IntAuthors·
19 May

What's it like to be an author in Iceland? 🇮🇸 We asked the question at our recent AGM, held in Reykjavík. Hear from Karl Agust Ulfsson (Chair of The Writers Union of Iceland) and local writer Margret Tryggvadottir on their experiences: https://youtu.be/VAXIA0sCelo

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IAF on Instagram

There's nothing not to like about Public Lending R There's nothing not to like about Public Lending Right, as writer Faye Bird explains here 🔄 #PLRMatters 
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It was an honour to attend the opening of Guadalaj It was an honour to attend the opening of Guadalajara World Book Capital 2022 🤩 

We are excited to see so many great events organised over the coming year that show the value of the city’s creative contribution to the world. They are set to demonstrate the power of literature to overcome social challenges and create a prosperous society for future generations.

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“Always remember that copyright and cultural acc “Always remember that copyright and cultural access are positively linked. If our shared culture is a beautiful park we all enjoy, copyright is the boundary that defines the park, making it available it for all users, and protecting those who work in it.” 

Happy #WorldBookAndCopyrightDay from IAF and our Chair John Degen 🌱
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We were honoured to attend the closing ceremony of We were honoured to attend the closing ceremony of Tbilisi World Book Capital 2021 and the UNESCO World Book Capital Network Meeting 🇬🇪

In a year with many challenges, the Tbilisi World Book Capital project showed to the world the importance of Georgian literature and culture. They set out to make reading more popular and accessible with the message ‘Find Your Next Book’, showing Georgia’s rich cultural history and a future of opportunity for its cultural creators. Tbilisi also shared the message, ‘What You Read Matters’, an important reminder of the power of culture that draws on the community’s ongoing effort for peace that is more important than ever.

Congratulations to Guadalajara, World Book Capital 2022! 🇲🇽
Novelist and playwright Véronique Olmi on the ben Novelist and playwright Véronique Olmi on the benefits of the Public Lending Right system in France. This is why #PLRMatters to authors around the world 🌏
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Did you know just 35 countries in the world have a Did you know just 35 countries in the world have a Public Lending Right system? We want this number to grow so that authors all over the world can benefit when their books are borrowed from a library. There needs to be a study on PLR so that more governments can see if it could work in their country.

Find out what you can do to help via our bio 📖 #PLRMatters
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