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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

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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