World Copyright and Book Day campaign wrapup!
Before our summer break, we made some collages of the many photos translators posted on World Book Day, 23 April. Have a great summer and we will be back on September 12!
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Let Culture Lead us Forward – European cultural sector unites to call for a stronger Creative Europe programme
The European cultural sector has come together to call on the European Commission, European Parliament and Member States to reinforce the Creative Europe programme in the next EU long-term budget (MFF).
Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI: Joint letter to the European Parliament
13 international authors’, performers’ and other creative workers’ organisations sent this letter today to MEPS in the European Parliament’s JURI Committee ahead of the publication of their report “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges”.
Webinar: AI & Literary Translation – a struggle for copyright
On June 18, 2025, at 17:00 CEST, join us for this joint CEATL-FIT event exploring the impact of AI on literary translation.
In the face of AI, what models of action for the book sector in Europe?
On July 2, 2025, Bela and Scam, in partnership with PILEn, are organising a European meeting at MEDAA, bringing together professionals and public officials.
CEATL AGM 2025: Arrivals and Departures
CEATL held its AGM in Cracow last week and elected its new Board.
Italy: Introducing Calibro, a confederation of authors
A new organization has been founded in Italy to represent the main authors’ categories in the publishing industry: writers, literary translators, illustrators, and comic book writers have now joined forces in Calibro, Confederazione Autrici e Autori del Libro (Confederation of Book Authors).
AI: Open letter to EU Ministers of Culture
On 13 May, EU national ministers responsible for culture policies will convene in Brussels for the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council. Ahead of this meeting, Spain and Portugal have called for a discussion on the value of the cultural and creative sectors in AI development, focusing on the importance of safeguarding copyright and related rights, as well as ensuring transparency in the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice under the AI Act.
Denmark: new agreements on the use of generative AI
A long and hard, but in the end fruitful dialogue between the Danish Translators Association, the Danish Authors Society and the Danish Publishers Association has led to a mutual agreement on crediting practices when it comes to translators and post-editors of machine translation. The industry-wide statement confirms that post-editing of machine translations should not be eligible for PLR and includes a recommendation for publishers on how to credit post-editors of machine translations so as to avoid illegitimate access to PLR-remuneration.
A call for transparency regarding AI-generated books
On this World Book and Copyright Day, European Writers’ Council (EWC), the European Council of Literary Translators’ Association (CEATL) and the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) are calling on the Member States and the European Commission to protect human-created books – label AI-generated products and reserve the application of any cultural public funding to works created by humans.
“Completely unacceptable” and “fundamentally flawed”: 38 organisations oppose the 3rd draft of the CoP
CEATL joins 38 European and international rightholders’ organisations in signing this joint statement opposing the 3rd draft of the Code of Practice for the implementation of the European AI Act.
Strasbourg Conference: read the report!
80 speakers from 28 countries, 5 roud-table panels, 7 workshops and various presentations: this one-of-a-kind event brought together for the first time all parties involved in literary translation: translators, writers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, training establishments, residencies, book festivals and fairs, and all the organisations supporting literary translation in Europe.