At the most recent États Généraux du Livre (EGL) organised in June in Paris by several French author associations including the Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL) and a wide …
US authors make CASE for small-claims court
Creators in the US have seen ongoing successes in their campaigns for a small-claims court for copyright infringement, most recently with the Senate Judiciary Committee passing a vote for the …
Public Lending Right International Conference 2019
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Public Lending Right Act, the landmark piece of legislation that gave authors in the UK the legal right to receive payment when …
IAF and PLR International meet European Commission
In June, as part of PLR International, the International Authors Forum (IAF) met with members of the Copyright Unit of the European Commission. The focus of this meeting was to …
DACS launches #FairShareforArtists campaign
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 …