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Nigerian authors become part of IAF

Luke Alcott 19th May 2016 IAF, News, Nigeria

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has joined the International Authors Forum Representing 1,000 Nigerian authors at home and abroad, the association exists to pursue the following aims: To promote …

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Australia: (Un)fair dealings from the Productivity Commission Report

Luke Alcott 16th May 2016 Australia, News

(Originally posted on the Australian Society of Authors’ website: 29th April 2016) There is nothing fair about the recommendations in the Productivity Commission’s draft report into Intellectual Property Arrangements, which …

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IAF meets authors and members at Salon du Livre, Paris 2016

Luke Alcott 28th April 2016 Book Fair, France, News

FUIS, the Italian Writers’ Union and IAF member, invited Katie Webb to represent IAF as its guest at the Salon du Livre, the International Book Fair in Paris. Of the many …

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IAF asks Canadian Ministers to remedy damage to authors’ rights and incomes due to educational copyright exceptions

Luke Alcott 27th April 2016 Canada, News

The members of the International Authors Forum (IAF) – 57 organisations representing over 600,000 individual creators worldwide – have written to Government Ministers in Canada. They ask them to take …

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IAF represented at WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market

27th April 2016 News, WIPO

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 …

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US: Supreme Court Declines to Review Fair Use Finding in Decade-Long Book Copying Case Against Google

Luke Alcott 19th April 2016 News, USA

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. …

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Self-publishers: helping to change lives and bring work to a wider audience

Luke Alcott 12th April 2016 Accessibility, News

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 …

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Swedish Supreme Court: Artists’ copyright for outdoor art also applies online

Luke Alcott 7th April 2016 News, Sweden

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 …

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The Business of Being an Author: IAF’s event in Geneva at the latest SCCR

Luke Alcott 14th January 2016 Events, IAF

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 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 🙌

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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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