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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Copyright law”

IAF Calls on Canada to Protect Its Cultural Workers by Repairing Copyright

Luke Alcott 15th March 2017 Canada, Copyright law, News

At its annual general meeting in London, the International Authors Forum passed a special resolution calling upon the Canadian government to immediately repair its copyright legislation, after earlier amendments resulted …

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IAF members in the USA campaign on copying case

Luke Alcott 9th January 2017 Copyright law, News, USA

Last December several USA based members of the International Authors Forum including the National Writers Union, The Authors Guild joined a diverse coalition of writers and photographers organisations to oppose …

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IAF welcomes Spanish Supreme Court decision on private copies of works

Luke Alcott 21st November 2016 Copyright law, News

Spanish Supreme Court decision quashes Royal Decree which adversely effected writers and translators being fairly paid for private copies of works Recent news from the Supreme Court in Spain confirms …

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IAF response to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 10 November 2016

Luke Alcott 14th November 2016 CJEU, Copyright law, EU, News, PLR

The IAF notes the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 10 November 2016 clarifying that the requirement under EU law for authors to receive …

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IAF asks Singapore Ministers to preserve authors’ rights ahead of proposed changes to educational copyright

Luke Alcott 4th October 2016 Copyright law, News

The members of the International Authors Forum (IAF) – 59 organisations representing nearly 650,000 professional creators worldwide – have written to Government Ministers in Singapore. They ask them to respect the …

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Indian court dismisses copyright infringement lawsuit

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 20th September 2016 Copyright law, News

The Delhi High Court has sided with Delhi University and Rameshwari Photocopying Services in a long awaited judgement brought against them by a number of publishers.  A copy shop on …

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New EU draft directive strengthens authors’ rights

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 19th September 2016 Copyright law, DSM, EU, Fair contracts, IAF, News

In his State of the Union address on 14 September, Jean-Claude Juncker said: ‘As the world goes digital, we also have to empower our artists and creators and protect their …

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Free is not fair – Australian authors fear “fair use” educational exceptions

Luke Alcott 26th August 2016 Australia, Copyright law, News

The secondary incomes of Australian authors are under threat after the Productivity Commission made recommendations which could enable the mass copying and re-use of educational material for free. Similar changes …

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IAF on Twitter

Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature ·
21 Dec

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Carole Tongue @caroletongue ·
19 Dec

@UKCCD1 supports the hard work that the IAF does in support of authors to ensure we all have the diversity of writing that our authors can give us if they are fairly remunerated. @B_Hayes_ALCS @CouncilWriters https://twitter.com/IntAuthors/status/1544231177464303617

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IAF on Instagram

Risks and profits should be shared fairly in your Risks and profits should be shared fairly in your contract. Authors shouldn’t be contractually liable for events beyond their control and they should be paid fairly for any risks.

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Your publishing contract should be: ✅Clear ✅ W Your publishing contract should be:
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A fair contract should keep your options for the f A fair contract should keep your options for the future open 🕊 

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Publishers should always respect an author’s mor Publishers should always respect an author’s moral rights. This means properly attributing their name on their work and consulting the author about any changes that could affect their work’s integrity. 

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What should your royalty statements look like?

✅ Detailed
✅ Easy to understand 
✅ Sent on a regular basis 

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