EWC - speaking for over 250.000 authors in Europe - demands: @ec.europa.eu @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social Use your power. Stand up for Europe and Europe’s Culture and Creatives!

Morgen!

"Jeder Mensch hat ein Recht auf ein würdiges Leben. Es ist nicht nur verfassungswidrig, wenn die Regierung das Existenzminimum angreift. Es ist auch moralisch nicht tragbar, Menschen nach ihrem Nutzen einzustufen."

Meet us! Discuss with us, get informed, get inspired! In several panels we exchange about the most burning topics for writers and literature - and also come together to connect. europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2510_ewcfbm/

We went to Brussels to discuss the future of the Book sector and future collaborations with all our partners in the book chain www.ceatl.eu/european-boo... @fep-fee.bsky.social @europeanwriterscouncil.eu @ec.europa.eu

update on the Anthropic #Copyright Class action: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com The settlement website in the Bartz v Anthropic class action is now live and can be found in the link. It includes comprehensive information about the case and settlement,

EWC is happy to have been part of the European Book Sector Roundtable, a conference with enthralling insights into the chances and challenges of the different players of the entire book chain (authors, literary translators, publishers, booksellers, librarians, reading promoters).

‚What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement‘ via @authorsguild.org

Read our blog to get an overview of the Anthropic settlement. There’s an FAQ for authors, too. We hope you find it helpful. authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.

Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬

Die dritte Taschenbuch-Auflage ist da 😍 #IhreSeitederGeschichte Und für die nächste Auflage muss ich hoffentlich ein Nachwort schreiben: „Der erste First Gentleman“ - es ist Zeit für eine Bundespräsidentin! #DieErstenihrerArt

It’s more than important for individuals and Europe, for culture and economy to stay strong and regulate #ai . Also: should be regulated way harder to protect humans and creative work in a proper way.

“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

Land of the Free? "PEN America has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021. This censorship is being mobilized by conservative groups (...) and predominantly targets books about race and racism or individuals of color" pen.org/banned-books...

Valuing a morale compass + acknowledge our responsibility for other humans should lead the decisions in politics - its even more crucial about #ai ‘If we remain silent, all our foundations will slip away in the background. We must openly say who is attacking our values. And do something about it.’

www.lemonde.fr/economie/art... @europeanwriterscouncil.eu @efjeurope.bsky.social @acetraductores.bsky.social

We have to own our responsibility- and to ask the questions: why should we use a tool like this? Whom will this (really) help? Where does the money flow and go to?

"A betrayal of the EU AI Act’s objectives” „We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“: Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative Sectors europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ccs-joint-st... #AIAct #CodeOfPractice

Read the statement👉 fep-fee.eu/40-European-... @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @eu2025dk.bsky.social @europeanwriterscouncil.eu @aepoartis.bsky.social @ceatl.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @screendirectors.eu @ifpiorg.bsky.social @ifjglobal.bsky.social @ifrro.org

with the insights of Nina George , EWC's political commissioner, on "A LONG-AWAITED template intended to force AI providers to reveal the sources of their training data" … Find more in Graham Lovelace ' Post:

13 international federations of authors and performers write to European MEPs about generative IA - read the letter below! www.ceatl.eu/protecting-t... #EuropeanTranslators

"The threat is in what some people think it can do": thank you for these words, Daniel Hahn! observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Moin

agreeing like 1000000% 👇 #useyourbrain #keepthinking

EWC, representing 250,000 writers and translators from 53 organisations, 35 countries, urges Member States for improvements or to object the GPAI Code of Practice and the Template for the Public Summary of Training Content for general-purpose AI models.  europeanwriterscouncil.eu/250725_cop_e... 1|4

Assessment+insights on EU GPAI Code of Practice allowing AI companies freedoms at the expense of creatives and future education. The CoP is intended to oblige #AI providers to be transparent and PROTECT COPYRIGHT. Experts from the creative industries criticise, it primarily/only serves #techbros.

GPAI Code of practice - what's up& the impact for the literary sector + creatives, what shortcomings? In Germay the Digital Publishing Report put together the expertise of the branch's important voices. For|from EWC: Nina George, political commissioner, @monika-pfundmeier.com , Vice President #ai

the draf of the #CoP - Code of Practice of the European AI Act has been published (20250710) . As EWC we are analyzing and working on our position on it and on (how we miss) the stand for creativity and creators' rights #worsethanhoped #betterthanfeared

✍️ This open letter has been signed by 70+ European associations, representing close to 20.000 organisations, urging for a stronger support for culture. The letter has been further backed by 200+ national cultural organisations. Read more here: shorturl.at/EP1lZ

EWC' Vice President Maïa Bensimon participates in the exchange on: *AI and the book sector- exchange on the taken actions and the possible solutions* The Generative AI represents numerous challenges for the book sector. The event scheduled for 2 July at the European Authors’ House (MEDAA)

‚writers are about to get started‘ #thefightcontinues Via @authorsguild.bsky.social

#ai kills our resources and our will to use our human brains and human creativity so it’s easier to exploit us

Whenever I hear @meredithmeredith.bsky.social speak it’s like breathing good air after choking on smog for a week.

Lesenswert: www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

This is not a singular problem: «AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline …» www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...

destructive #ai

What you need to know about the Anthropic AI verdict and how it is a mixed decision for both clarity and fair use. Our assessment: authorsguild.org/news/mixed-d...

‼Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI 📄Joint letter to the European Parlament #authorsrights #humanrights europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2506_jl_juri... We urge MEPs to place the key principles of "authorisation, remuneration and transparency at the heart of this report.”

Former register of copyrights Shira Perlmutter filed suit in federal court on May 22, challenging her removal from office and seeking reinstatement to her position at the U.S. Copyright Office.

Listen to the latest Advisory Clinic’s podcast ‘Artificially Intelligent' which discusses the latest on collective licencing and the recent parliamentary debate. With thanks our sponsor @ALCS_UK. societyofauthors.org/resource/art... #MakeItFair #DoTheWriteThing

"Silicon Valley has persuaded the government that it's easier for them to redefine theft than make them pay for what they have stolen." Thank you, Baroness Kidron, for telling it like it like it is. This is our last chance to stop IP theft. #NoAITheft #MakeItFair www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We, a broad coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders organisations, call for a meaningful implementation of the EU AI Act, upholding the principles of transparency, consent, and remuneration. It is time to #StayTrueToTheAct. ➡️ More info: StayTrueToTheAct.eu

There are over 10,000+ banned books in the US, nearly half of them are banned for LGBTQ content. Share and help spread awareness. Make sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay updated. authorsguild.org/newsletter-s...

We have to dream big&with a very wide&open horizon, so reality can follow with a wider range of possibilities. Otherwise – if we limit ourselves in anticipatory obedience - the frame for reality would be limited even more.Otherwise we miss out on what good & exceptional can be created & come to life

"Doch die russischen Raketenbomber und Drohnen können die ukrainische Kultur nicht zum Schweigen bringen."--Kristina Thomas

@mopfundmeier.bsky.social EWC vice President (2nd) on how to encounter #AI

WELCOME to our new Board (2025-2027): Grazyna Plebanek , President Maïa Bensimon , 1st VP Monika Pfundmeier , @mopfundmeier.bsky.social 2nd VP Board: @eyshans.bsky.social Eystein Hanssen Claus Ankersen Sebastià Portell Conor Kostick @conorkostick.bsky.social

Here we are! Greeting all of our friends, writers, colleagues, activists for authors rights, cultural rights, human rights. HELLOOOOO there! #authorsrights #literature