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Selling Aotearoa’s stories to the world
A new digital rights portal aims to overcome the tyranny of distance and the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic to promote books from Aotearoa New Zealand to international rights buyers around the world. The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has launched NewZealandBooks.com which will be a focal point for […]
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CNZ Remuneration Policy for Artists and Arts Practitioners
Remuneration Policy for Artists and Arts Practitioners: Summary of Consultation Report Ko te Mahere Utu mā Ngā Kaitoi, Kaiwaihanga Toi: tuhinga whakarāpopoto o ngā kōrero i kohia Released March 3, 2022 READ HERE
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2021 Contestable Fund Grants have been awarded with $75,000 granted
11 Nov 2021 The 2021 Contestable Fund Grants have been awarded with $75,000 granted towards 11 projects across Aotearoa. Congratulations to the successful recipients of the 2021 Contestable Fund Grants, with a total of $75,000 granted. Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is excited to announce the successful recipients in this year’s round of Contestable Fund Grants. […]
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UK and NZ agree to $1-billion free trade deal – NZ Herald – copyright
October 21, 2021 Read Article Here: UK and New Zealand agree to $1bn free trade deal – NZ Herald “For its part, New Zealand will eliminate tariffs on 100 per cent of tariff lines on British imports on the day the agreement comes into force. The agreement will also change New Zealand’s copyright laws, which […]
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International concern about Internet Archive-National Library deal
André Chumko STUFF, Oct 18 2021 An international group of authors including Sir Philip Pullman are concerned about the National Library’s partnership with the Internet Archive. “To find that a great national library like that of New Zealand is collaborating in a scheme to break the cherished copyright laws and give our work away for […]
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Sir Philip Pullman writes to the National Library
Read the letter from the President of the UK Society of Authors, Sir Philip Pullman to Rachel Esson and Minister Tinetti about the Internet Archive. Here: Philip Pullman UK SoA To Hon Jan Tinetti – Minister for Internal Affairs Rachel Esson – National Librarian 30 September 2021 Dear Jan Tinetti and Rachel Esson, […]
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Our writers are being hung out to dry – FROM THE SPIN OFF
Mandy Hager | Guest writer Published in The SpinOff September 25, 2020 Opinion The president of the New Zealand Society of Authors wants very much to talk about money. It’s six years since I last bought new knickers. I know this because it’s six years since I earned enough to replace the old ones I’d […]
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Appointment of an NZSA Director for Copyright Licensing NZ Board 2022
Appointment of an NZSA Director for Copyright Licensing NZ Board 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand The Organisation Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is jointly owned by the Publishers Association of New Zealand, Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc (NZSA). The only […]
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Sci-Hub, Copyright, and Creativity
Libertarian politics undergird techno-utopianism. Canada can teach us a lesson. Kent Anderson It’s become commonplace to hear copyright denigrated as a useless and archaic constraint on information flows. Despite commercial protections of intellectual property dating back to the US Constitution (and before) as a way of promoting “the Progress of Science and the useful […]
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Horizon 2020 Writers Income Survey – NZ
Horizon Research Writers’ Earnings Survey Report 2021 FINAL Click on the link above to read the survey on writers earnings in NZ for 2020.
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Attorney-General asked to investigate National Library-Internet Archive deal – STUFF
Click here to read: Attorney-General asked to investigate National Library-Internet Archive deal | Stuff.co.nz Article by Andre Chumko on STUFF Sep 15 2021 Authors and publishers have asked the Attorney-General to investigate the legality of the partnership between the National Library and the Internet Archive ahead of a looming New York court case […]
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NZSA ADVOCACY – Policy Tweaks to Improve Conditions for NZ Writers
NZSA ADVOCACY POLICIES 2021
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