The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) has launched a campaign to promote the importance of artists’ royalties and to safeguard the Artist’s Resale Right as the UK faces more …
France takes the lead on new challenges for authors
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 …
IAF’s concern with the PLR scheme in Romania
Barbara Hayes, IAF’s Company Secretary as well as Chair of the PLR International Steering Committee, and Jim Parker, Co-ordinator of PLR International, joined a delegation of the above-mentioned Steering Committee …
Sustainable Development Goals Book Club
The UN launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Book Club in April 2019 which aims to use books as a tool to encourage children ages 6-12 to interact with these …
PLR International: an update
It was particularly appropriate that IAF’s AGM last month was hosted by the Authors Guild at their offices in New York. The Guild recently launched its campaign to achieve Public …
A Brief Guide to the New EU Copyright Directive
Although it first appeared on paper in September 2016, the origins of the new EU copyright directive can be found a decade earlier when the popularisation of online sharing sites …
#yes2copyright
IAF was pleased to be a signatory of the #yes2copyright campaign in the lead up to the vote on the EU Copyright Directive.
Copyright in South Africa
In South Africa, IAF member Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa (ANFASA) has been challenging proposals in the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) that circumscribes the rights of authors …
IAF AGM 2019
Authors on both sides of the pond: New York 2019 In April, the International Authors Forum (IAF) held its AGM in New York. This was followed by a panel discussion …
London Book Fair 2019
This year, IAF attended the London Book Fair to meet with members and hear about the issues affecting them. We have written up a selection of some of the most …