Authors Maureen Duffy (UK) and Dr Federico Polak at WIPO Global Digital Content Market conference April 2016 (Argentina) represented authors at a conference hosted by WIPO in Geneva from April 20th – 22nd …
US: Supreme Court Declines to Review Fair Use Finding in Decade-Long Book Copying Case Against Google
NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2016 — The Authors Guild expressed its disappointment with today’s U.S. Supreme Court order denying review of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Authors Guild v. …
Self-publishers: helping to change lives and bring work to a wider audience
PRESS RELEASE, LONDON, 12 APRIL 2016 Writers can bring their books to millions more readers with the International Authors Forum’s (IAF) new guide for self-published authors on how to make …
Swedish Supreme Court: Artists’ copyright for outdoor art also applies online
Sweden’s Supreme Court has found in favour of Bildupphovsrätt in an important matter of principle regarding the interpretation of a restriction in the Swedish Copyright Act. The dispute between Bildupphovsrätt …
The Business of Being an Author: IAF’s event in Geneva at the latest SCCR
IAF held an event at the latest Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, on 7th December 2015. The …
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IAF held an event at the latest Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, on 7th December 2015. The …
IAF goes to Mexico City
In November 2015, the International Authors Forum visited Mexico, meeting authors from Mexico and a number of countries in Latin America Mexico City Our first event was at the Vasconcelos …