The International Authors Forum (IAF) and the Mexican Centre for the Protection and Promotion of Copyright (CeMPro) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last …
Society of Authors: AI survey results published
The Society of Authors (SoA) has published the results of their survey on generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It surveyed 12,500 of its members and other authors throughout January 2024, …
IAF, IFRRO, IPA and STM ask President Ramaphosa to withhold signing Copyright Amendment Bill
The major representatives of authors and publishers around the world, IAF, IPA and STM, and IFRRO, representing the collective management organisations in the text and image-based sector worldwide, are asking …
Joint statement from IAF, IFRRO, IPA, STM on the SA Copyright Bill ahead of the vote
Representatives from prominent global author and publisher organizations, including IAF, IFRRO, IPA, and STM, have issued a joint statement urging members of the National Assembly in South Africa to refrain …
Statement in support of IAF’s Argentinian members
The International Authors Forum (IAF) is pleased to hear that the Argentinian government’s proposed changes in the law, which threatened to seriously undermine the editorial and cultural sector of the …
A chat with Ix-Chel Poot, founder of the Writers’ Circle in Belize
Ix-Chel Poot is a published author from Belmopan, Belize, who works full-time as an ageing specialist for the National Council on Ageing. As a writer, she is also attempting to …
UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Book Capital for 2025
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) as World Book Capital for 2025. Following Accra (Ghana) in 2023 and Strasbourg (France) in 2024, UNESCO and …
IAF supports WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike
The International Authors Forum (IAF) stands in solidarity with the more than 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), who in May 2023 began a strike against the …
The Authors Guild of America: Sign a Open Letter to AI Leaders
The increasing development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming one of the main concerns across the creative industry as it could negative impact to the irreplaceable value that authors bring …