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CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING AI GENERATED BOOKS – Joint Statement

WE ALL can‘t support THIS: 3rd draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice. Joint Statement.

EWC, ESCA, CEATL and EU MEPs slammed AI Act’s Code of Practice and template, and the lack of respect towards cultural and creative professionals

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CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING AI GENERATED BOOKS – Joint Statement

Machine-made products that simulate creative works using generative AI should not benefit from authors’ rights legislations or generally be considered as cultural assets.  The European Writers’ Council (EWC), the European…

WE ALL can‘t support THIS: 3rd draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice. Joint Statement.

Joint statement by a coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code…

EWC, ESCA, CEATL and EU MEPs slammed AI Act’s Code of Practice and template, and the lack of respect towards cultural and creative professionals

Guardian: “EU Accused Of Leaving ‘Devastating’ Copyright Loophole In AI Act” London / Brussels, 19 February, 2025. The Guardian (UK) article is dedicated to the effects of the EU AI…

Joint Letter by 15 authors’ and performers’ organisations to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef

General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: Joint letter from authors and performers sent to Executive Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef   Dear Executive Vice-President Virkkunen, Dear Commissioner Micallef, The AI Office…

SPAIN: EWC supports its Spanish Members against abusive AI training

Spain’s cultural sector says “No, gracias” to Royal Decree – Survey shows: half of authors do not want to license works for AI Spain was pushing another threat for writers…

PARIS AI SUMMIT: 38 Cultural Organisations issue Charter on Culture and Innovation

Paris 2025 AI Action Summit The Paris AI Summit intends to promote reliable, sustainable and responsible AI. For the first time at this level, intellectual property is being discussed.  Paris,…
13 Organisations signing on AI Act

Joint Statement: The Impact of AI on the European creative communities

Facing today’s reality and paving the way for the next EU policy agenda If properly enforced, the AI Act will be a step in the right direction but will not…

Statement on AI training by authors and artists

EWC supports the Statement on AI training and joins hundreds and thousands authors and artists: The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat…

EWC contribution to the AI Office consultation: Future-Proof AI Act

EWC responded to the Multi-stakeholder Consultation FUTURE-PROOF AI ACT: TRUSTWORTHY GENERALPURPOSE AI with the proviso that the premise of this consultation needs formal clarification. The exception(s) for text and data…
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OPEN LETTER TO EUROPE

©Jacek Dehnel By Jacek Dehnel, polish poet, writer, translator, and painter       In 2017 Days of Poetry and Wine festival has launched a programme called Open Letter to…
13 Organisations signing on AI Act

JOINT STATEMENT to Ursula von der Leyen and the new elected European Parliament

13 AUTHORS’, PERFORMERS’ AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKERS’ ORGANISATIONS JOINT STATEMENT ON THE IMPACT OF AI ON THE European creative community Joint letter to Members of the European Parliament on the…
13 Organisations signing on AI Act

AUTHORS’, PERFORMERS’ AND OTHER CREATIVE WORKERS’ ORGANISATIONS JOINT STATEMENT ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE EU AI ACT

The undersigned organisations represent the collective voice of hundreds of thousands of writers, performers, composers, songwriters, screen directors, screenwriters, visual artists, journalists, translators and other creative workers whose human artistry…