As the Covid-19 health crisis continues across the globe, the incomes of self-employed workers from all sectors have been hit hard. Many writers, artists and other creators are among them. …
Authors organisations respond to coronavirus
As the COVID-19 health crisis deepens across the globe, the incomes of self-employed workers from all sectors have been hit hard, with many creators among them. IAF has collated a …
Canadian Authors’ Incomes in Steep Decline
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has released the results of its 2018 income survey report, Diminishing Returns: Creative Culture at Risk, which revealed an increasingly common downward trend in …
Update: Copibec and Université Laval case settlement
There has been an update to the class action case Copibec took against Université Laval (Quebec City, Canada): both parties have reached an out-of-court settlement that remains subject to court …
What Next for the IAF? Rome 2018
On 14 March the International Authors Forum hosted What Next for the IAF, a series of panels discussions about authors’ issues around the world. We thank IAF member FUIS for their …
IAF calls on Canadian Parliament to work with authors to resolve copyright imbalance
The International Authors Forum has written to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology in Canada, raising concerns about the ongoing unregulated extension of ‘fair dealing’ in …
Authors in Canada respond to legal challenge from Education Ministers
IAF member The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has called on provincial ministries and school boards engaged in legal action against the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) to withdraw their …
Canadian Authors win important court victory
Authors Win In July, the Federal Court of Canada released its decision in the case of The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) v. York University, a copyright infringement suit …
Copibec class action against Université Laval
Copibec has issued a legal notice of their class action against Université Laval in Quebec City for authors and publishers worldwide to consider. The designated class in the class action …
The Writers Union of Canada demands Canada Government responds to negative impact of 2012 Copyright Act
Outlining the failings of Canada’s 2012 Copyright Act, John Degen, Executive Director of the Writers’ Union of Canada, has raised concerns held by the cultural sector which the Canadian Government …
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