(See also news from the NWU blog about copyright issues)
- NWU statements on generative artificial intelligence (“AI”):
- NWU Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI (October 30, 2023)
- NWU Releases Platform and Principles for Policy on Generative AI (October 30, 2023)
- NWU response to U.S. Copyright Office questions on “Artificial Intelligence and AI” (October 30, 2023)
- Coalition statement: Creators call for action on AI copyright exceptions (July 12, 2023)
- NWU testimony to the U.S. Copyright Office on generative AI and written works (April 19, 2023)
- Writers and “Generative Artificial Intelligence” (March 23, 2023)
- Open Letter: Preserving public trust in media through unified AI regulation and practices (August 9, 2023)
- How writers monetize words: The marketplaces for writing in digital formats (overview of writers’ digital revenue sources, business models, and publication formats presented at an inter-agency workshop organized by the copyright division of the US Patent and Trademark Office, March 28, 2019)
- NWU statements regarding antitrust and labor law:
- NWU statements regarding “Controlled Digital Lending” (CDL), the “National Emergency Library” (NEL), the Internet Archive’s book scanning, and funding for distance learning:
- Federal Judge Rules Internet Archive Infringes Authors’ and Publishers’ Copyrights (March 26, 2023)
- We need federal funding for distance learning, during the pandemic — and after (April 22, 2020)
- What is the Internet Archive doing with our books? (April 16, 2020)
- Slides for webinar: What is the Internet Archive doing with our books? (April 27 & May 5, 2020)
- Publishers Sue the Internet Archive for Scanning Books
- Internet Archive removes controls on “lending” of bootleg e-books (March 24, 2020)
- NWU denounces Controlled Digital Lending, calls for dialogue with libraries on Internet Archive book scanning (February 13, 2019)
- Controlled Digital Lending (CDL): An appeal to readers and librarians from the victims of CDL (February 2019; download Appeal as PDF)
- FAQ on Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) (February 2019; download FAQ as PDF)
- Resolution introduced by the NWU and adopted by the World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (June 2019)
- Resolution adopted by the World Congress of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (November 2019)
- Related: NWU Supports Librarians’ Objections to Publishers’ E-Book Licensing Terms (October 5, 2012)
- NWU statements to Congress regarding copyright “reform” legislation:
- NWU Priorities for Copyright Reform (Adopted by the NWU biennial Delegate Assembly, August 2013)
- Letter from the NWU entered into the House Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing record, May 16, 2013
- Written testimony of the NWU on “Preservation and Reuse of Copyrighted Works”, April 9, 2014
- NWU recommendations to the Librarian of Congress and the House Judiciary Committee (January 31, 2017)
- NWU comments on discussion draft of Digital Copyright Act of 2021 (March 5, 2021)
- Comments of the NWU, WWA, and ASJA to the U.S. Copyright Office regarding mandatory deposit of e-books, including an overview of the new business models for new media (August 18, 2016)
- Follow-up comments of the NWU to the Copyright Office on proposed rules for mandatory deposit of e-books (July 16, 2018)
- NWU statements regarding legislative proposals for “orphan works”, “extended collective licensing” (ECL), and mass digitization:
- NWU comments on “orphan works” provisions of discussion draft of Digital Copyright Act of 2021 (March 5, 2021)
- U.S. Copyright Office public inquiry on “extended collective licensing” (ECL) and mass digitization:
- U.S. Copyright Office public inquiry on “orphan works”:
- NWU initial comments to the Copyright Office on “orphan works”, February 4, 2013
- NWU reply comments to the Copyright Office on “orphan works”, March 6, 2013
- U.K. government consultation on “Extended Collective Licensing” (ECL):
- NWU comments to the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in response to a consultation on an application by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) for authorization to operate an “extended collective licesning (ECL) scheme, February 2, 2018
- Blog post: NWU Opposes UK Scheme for “Extended Collective Licensing” for Digital Rights, February 5, 2018
- Blog post: Application for ECL License in the UK withdrawn, May 2, 2018
- U.K. government consultations on “orphan works”:
- NWU comments to the U.K. House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport in response to an inquiry regarding “Support for the Creative Economy,” including proposals for U.K. legislation on “orphan works” and “Extended Collective Licensing” (ECL), November 9, 2012
- NWU comments to the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in response to a consultation on implementing an “orphan works” licensing scheme, February 28, 2014
- French law on “orphan works”:
- Is your work about to be given away by France?(Alert to NWU members and other writers, April 29, 2013)
- Kidnapped (blog post by NWU member Ursula K. Le Guin, January 21, 2013)
- Other NWU statements and position papers on “orphan works”:
- Facts and Fallacies of “Orphan Works” (NWU position paper for a symposium at U.C. Berkeley on Orphan Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles & Opportunities, April 12-13, 2012; see also a report on the symposium and the issues it raises for authors, NWU Members Participate in Copyright Symposium, and a follow-up to the symposium by one of the NWU participants, What do authors fear from “Orphan Works” licensing proposals?)
- NWU statement before the Small Business Administration forum, “How Will the Orphan Works Bill Economically Impact Small Entities?” (August 8, 2008); the complete record of this SBA hearing including the NWU statement at pp. 230-233 is also included as an appendix to the 2013 comments to the Copyright Office from the Illustrators Partnership of America
- NWU submissions to the U.S. Copyright Office concerning the “moral rights” of authors:
- NWU submissions to the U.S. Copyright Office concerning remedies for small copyright claims:
- NWU comments submitted to the Copyright Office, January 16, 2012
- Transcripts including NWU testimony at Copyright Office hearings in New York and Los Angeles, November 2012
- NWU written statement at hearing in New York, November 16, 2012
- NWU comments submitted in reply to Copyright Office follow-up inquiry, April 12, 2013
- E-Books and Electronic Rights:
- NWU Resolution on E-Book Royalties (adopted unanimously by the biennial NWU Delegate Assembly, June 2011)
- E-Book Contract Amendments: Overview and advice from the NWU (May, 2010)
- NWU Supports Librarians’ Objections to Publishers’ E-Book Licensing Terms (October 5, 2012)
- Dept. of Justice E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement with Publishers Leaves Collusion Against Writers Unpunished (October 3, 2012)
- Friend-of-the-court brief filed by the NWU in GSU “e-reserves” appeal (December 9, 2016)
- NWU comments on intellectual property infringement and enforcement submitted to the White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator:
- NWU testimony and statements on copyright registration requirements (17 U.S. Code §411 and §412):
- Comments of the NWU, NPPA, and NASW on group registration of “updates to news websites” (February 20, 2024)
- Petition for Rulemaking on Group Registration (with list of all endorsers)
- Comments of the NWU and APA on registration and “online publication” (March 19, 2020)
- Reply comments of the NWU on registration and “online publication” (June 15, 2020)
- Comments of the NWU and NPPA on Proposed Rules for Group Registration of Short Online Literary Works (February 19, 2019)
- Comments and Petition for Rulemaking on Group Registration (submitted jointly by the NWU, ASJA, SFWA, and HWA, January 30, 2017)
- Comments and Renewed Petition for Rulemaking on Group Registration (submitted jointly by the NWU, TAA, SFWA, and ASJA, November 13, 2017)
- Comments and Renewed Petition for Rulemaking on Copyright Registration Fees (submitted jointly by the NWU, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Dramatists Guild of America, and TAA, September 21, 2018)
- Comments of the NWU and ASJA to the U.S. Copyright Office regarding privacy and copyright registration (October 17, 2016)
- Testimony of NWU President Jonathan Tasini at a public hearing before the U..S. Copyright Office, October 1, 1998
- Testimony of panel of writers’ representatives including NWU Executive Director Maria Pallante at a U.S. Senate hearing on the Copyright Reform Act of 1993, October 19, 1993
- Report of the Library of Congress Advisory Committee on Copyright Registration and Deposit (ACCORD), including NWU Executive Director Maria Pallante, September 1993
- NWU comments to the U.S. Copyright Office regarding “sovereign immunity” (September 2, 2020)
- Authors must be involved in any system of standard identifiers and rights databases (joint comments of the NWU, SFWA, and ASJA, to a public workshop by the US Patent and Trademark Office,“Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works,” April 1, 2015)
- NWU position papers on revision of European Union copyright law and the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market:
- NWU comments to the European Commission in response to a Public Consultation on the Review of the European Union Copyright Rules, March 5, 2014
- Amendments proposed by the NWU to the provisions for “out of commerce” works in the proposed EU Directive (November, 2016)
- NWU objections to violations of the rights of US and other non-EU authors from the proposed EU Directive (January 2019)
- NWU presentation to IFRRO on issues for non-EU writers of the EU Directive and its implementation (November 2019)
- NWU recommendations for implementation of the EU Directive (November 2019)
- NWU response to consultation on the transposition of the EU Directive into Irish law (December 4, 2019)
- Response of IFJ, NWU, and SFWA to draft specifications for EU portal for “out-of-commerce works” (January 20, 2020)
- Older NWU white papers:
- Authors in the New Information Age, Version 2.0 (white paper on electronic publishing issues adopted by the NWU Delegate Assembly, 1993)
- NWU Digital Bill of Rights (2008)
- NWU Digital Bill of Rights brochure (2008)
- Recommended Principles For Contracts Covering Online Book Publishing (September 1994)
- Statement Of Principles On Contracts Between Writers And Electronic Book Publishers (April 1994)
