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Copyright Licensing NZ Announce 2025 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants.
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: 05 December 2025 Copyright Licensing New Zealand are Pleased to Announce the Recipients of the 2025 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants. Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is excited to announce the successful recipients in the 2025 round of Contestable Fund Grants, with a total of $75,000 granted. This year we received […]
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MCH Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) 2025, Culture in the Digital Age,
As someone from NZSA was involved in helping to shape our Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) 2025, Culture in the Digital Age, MCH are very pleased to share that a final version has now been published. As you are likely aware, this briefing looks ahead to 2040 and explores how digital technologies – like artificial […]
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Anthropic Settlement: Updates
UPDATE NOVEMBER 1 NEW: Writers Beware Summary of Anthropic Settlement – What You Need to Know UPDATE OCTOBER 2: Bartz v. Anthropic PBC is a class action lawsuit under the Copyright Act brought by authors on behalf of copyright holders against Anthropic PBC, an AI company. The Class of copyright holders — consisting of authors and publishers […]
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Applications for the CLNZ 2025 Contestable Fund Grants are now open
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 round of Contestable Fund Grants. We have $75,000 available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The Contestable Fund Grants are made possible through the CLNZ Cultural Fund. Applications are invited for projects that have […]
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What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement
This post was updated October 2. UPDATE OCTOBER 2: Bartz v. Anthropic PBC is a class action lawsuit under the Copyright Act brought by authors on behalf of copyright holders against Anthropic PBC, an AI company. The Class of copyright holders — consisting of authors and publishers – claims that Anthropic took books from pirate […]
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BREAKING: Amplify Announced
NZ’s Creative & Cultural Sector Strategy Confirmed Amplify: A Creative and Cultural Strategy for New Zealand is a national strategy that outlines how the government will prioritise support for our creative and cultural sectors to 2030. Amplify is a national strategy that shows how government will help create an environment in which New Zealand’s creative […]
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Eboni Waitere Makes History as First Māori President of PANZ
Eboni Waitere (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne) has made history as the first Māori President of the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), following her appointment at the organisation’s 49th Annual General Meeting. Highlighting the strength of Māori leadership at the highest levels of the sector, this milestone marks an important shift in […]
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NZ Book Sector Unites to Drive Growth, Protect Copyright and Increase Local and Global Visibility
5.00AM, THURSDAY 7 AUGUST 2025 The New Zealand book publishing sector comprising author, illustrator, publisher, bookseller, writer festival, copyright, library, reader and educator representatives have joined forces for the first time, committing to increase the visibility and sales of books by local authors as a priority. The show of unity, summarised in… Mahi Tahi […]
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NZSA Call out for CLNZ Board role: Author Director
April 2025 Appointment of an Author Director Copyright Licensing New Zealand The Position Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is seeking a member of the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc (NZSA) to join its Board of Directors. This appointment process is being undertaken by the Board to […]
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Authors Guild USA Submits Guidance for National AI Action Plan to Protect Writers’ Rights
Artificial Intelligence March 19, 2025 In developing a national Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan—a comprehensive strategy to guide AI innovation and regulation in the United States—the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program requested comments from interested parties on a broad swath of issues […]
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WeCreate Creative Export Explainer
March 27 2025 | News WeCreate have launched a Creative Export Explainer report that sets out how the creative industries sell to the world, where barriers to creative trade exist, and how the government might help the sector to derive greater value from exporting. Click here to read the report
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Dear Brooke van Velden, please pick up
Printed in Newsroom March 26, 2025 Riley Chance claims in his angry story in ReadingRoom about the failures of the Public Lending Right (PLR) that the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and its members are happy with and doing nicely from the current PLR system. Au contraire. The lack of any progress to […]
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