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Authors orgs raise concerns about Spotify audiobook streaming offer
Australian Society of Authors In a new audiobook streaming deal, Spotify has announced that their Premium subscribers in the UK and Australia/NZ may access up to 15 hours of free audiobook content per month. It has been reported that all of the major publishing houses have agreed to this streaming deal and over 150,000 audiobooks […]
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IAF’s principles for Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
21ST SEPTEMBER 2023 AI, IAF, NEWS The International Authors Forum (IAF) has developed a set of principles that must be upheld in any policy in this area where the use of AI technologies intersects with authors’ work and intellectual property (IP). These principles are intended to provide guidance for discussions and policymaking, acknowledging that a broad legal framework […]
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$25,000 Writers’ Award has been awarded to Writer Tom Doig
Tom Doig has been awarded the 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) inc, $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project, with the working title We Are All Preppers Now: Kiwis Making Plans for the End of the World. Tom Doig says […]
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We Create election manifesto 2023
We Create’s creative sector 2023 election manifesto can be viewed HERE: WeCreate INITIAL B.I.G V5
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Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading – VOTE 23! Collated responses!
NZSA, PANZ, CLNZ & The Coalition for Books sent the Book Sector Manifesto: Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading out to all parties: both to the leaders and those candidates with ministerial assignment. We collate the responses to our specific book sector asks for you below: DO YOU AGREE WITH THESE POLICIES TO SUPPORT […]
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Have your books been used on Books3 Dataset to Train AI Systems?
Reproduced from The Authors Guild website… NZ Writers: Please send us details of your books so we can keep a database of NZ works used. If you’re an author, you may have recently discovered in The Atlantic that your published book was included in a dataset of books used to train artificial intelligence systems without your permission. (Search the dataset […]
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Artificial Intelligence: Position Statement September 2023 – CLNZ, PANZ, NZSA
Creators and publishers are amongst those most affected by the development of generative AI models. Their works are being used to train AI systems without their authorisation, remuneration, or recognition, frequently under the guise of ‘research.’ Creators and publishers are also concerned about AI-generated works being passed off as works of authentic human creativity—a concern […]
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ASA makes submission to NSW Government’s Arts and Culture Policy
The ASA has called for a coordinated funding framework and more direct investment in writers and illustrators in a submission to the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy consultation. The consultation for the new Arts policy opened in July this year, and seeks to use the Federal Government’s National Cultural Policy, Revive, as a starting […]
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A New Approach (ANA) is a think-tank in Australia that works to build an ambitious, innovative policy and investment environment for arts, culture and creativity.
ANA’s published its latest report yesterday ; To-Scale-main-report-ANA.pdf (newapproach.org.au) Cultural and creative industries earned 87 percent of their income – the largest proportion – from sales and services, new research by arts and culture think tank A New Approach (ANA) reveals. To Scale: Mapping Financial Inflows in Australian Arts, Culture and Creativity found Australian cultural […]
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Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading
Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading The NZ Book Sector asks candidates to support reading and the sharing of Aotearoa New Zealand stories. Reading and books are vital to modern Aotearoa: they help us to make sense of ourselves and the world around us. Local stories and books contribute to the culture […]
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The Writers Union of Canada calls for AI justice
July 20, 2023 Open Letter to AI Developers Dear Member, The Writers’ Union of Canada has been studying and discussing the question of artificial intelligence as related to creative professions for many years. Concerns that scanned books would be used for unlicensed “machine learning” were included in submissions made during the Google Books court action […]
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WeCreate’s Manifesto Video 2023
WeCreate, the alliance of New Zealand’s creative industry associations and organisations, has emailed the video below to all sitting MPs. Creative people and businesses have the power to help New Zealand overcome its economic challenges – now and in the future. Many of them are highly digital in the way they make and sell their products […]
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