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

Ten Principles of Fair Contracts for Authors

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 5th July 2022 Fair contracts, News

The International Authors Forum (IAF) is proud to release a new animation highlighting their Ten Principles for Fair Contracts.  The Ten Principles were developed by IAF’s membership to set out …

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Les Dix Principes D’un Contrat Équitable Du Forum International Des Auteurs

Luke Alcott 5th July 2022 Fair contracts, News

Le Forum international des auteurs (FIA) est fier de présenter une nouvelle animation consacrée aux dix principes d’un contrat équitable pour les auteurs. Ces dix principes ont été développés par …

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Diez Principios Para Contratos De Autor Justos Del International Authors Forum

Luke Alcott 5th July 2022 Fair contracts, News

El International Authors Forum (IAF) se enorgullece de presentar una nueva animación que pone de manifiesto sus Diez principios para contratos de autor justos. Los Diez principios han sido desarrollados …

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Creating a Living in Latin America: Session one

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 14th January 2021 Authors earnings, Copyright law, Fair contracts, IAF, News

On 24 November 2020, the first session of Creating a Living in Latin America, an online event with authors’ and creators’ organisations from Latin America, took place. Participants had the …

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International authors’ earnings study: can you help?

Luke Alcott 24th July 2019 Authors earnings, Copyright law, Fair contracts, IAF, News, UK

IAF is continuing its research into authors earnings throughout the year, please let us know if you can contribute to this important work. The project investigates the financial situation of …

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France takes the lead on new challenges for authors

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 30th May 2019 Copyright law, DSM, EU, Fair contracts, France, News

For much of the world, the EU Copyright Directive is seen as a bold and positive step to make sure that authors are fairly remunerated for the use of their …

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Ten Principles for Fair Contracts for Visual Artists

Luke Alcott 8th March 2019 Authors earnings, Fair contracts, IAF, News, Visual Arts

Thanks to IAF members, the Ten Principles for Fair Contracts for Visual Artists has been developed. Update: This is now available in French and Spanish. As part of its work …

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IAF member CEATL launches fair contracts for translators

Luke Alcott 25th January 2019 Authors earnings, Copyright law, EU, Fair contracts, News

IAF member, European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL), has published a set of guidelines for fair translation contracts which have been prepared by their Authors’ Rights Working Group. In …

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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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Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature ·
21 Dec

📢Nominations are now open for 2023's RSL International Writers! 🌍

We're excited to be honouring writers from all over the world and hope you'll join us in this celebration of literature, bringing people together.

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Carole Tongue @caroletongue ·
19 Dec

@UKCCD1 supports the hard work that the IAF does in support of authors to ensure we all have the diversity of writing that our authors can give us if they are fairly remunerated. @B_Hayes_ALCS @CouncilWriters https://twitter.com/IntAuthors/status/1544231177464303617

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IAF on Instagram

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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Publishers should always respect an author’s mor Publishers should always respect an author’s moral rights. This means properly attributing their name on their work and consulting the author about any changes that could affect their work’s integrity. 

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What should your royalty statements look like?

✅ Detailed
✅ Easy to understand 
✅ Sent on a regular basis 

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