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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds

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Network of 14 Guilds from 12 countries representing film & TV writers. Collective bargaining. Credits. Unions. AI. Intellectual property.

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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Congratulations to all the organizations who fought for this transparency measure.
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EU rules force Anthropic to expose AI writing worldwide
Anthropic will invisibly watermark all of Claude's text and file output from 2 August to meet EU AI Act transparency rules, with the marking applied globally, whether or not the user is anywhere near ...
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Good news out of Australia this morning with the government standing firmly with the creative community against Anthropic and OpenAI. Congratulations to the Australian Writers Guild for their tireless advocacy. @404media.co @wired.com
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PM Anthony Albanese Announces Office of AI
Industry bodies have welcomed Albanese's major speech on artificial intelligence, which put creator rights at the forefront.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Comprehensive call for action by gov’t, regulators, broadcasters, funding agencies and tech co’s by the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC).
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DGC Launches Manifesto Defending Human Creativity in the Age of AI
BANFF — The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) today unveiled the Manifesto on the Value of Human Creativity. This declaration calls on governments, tech
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“Access to culture must encompass access to careers in culture” — IAWG Chair @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social on limitations and exceptions @wipo.int Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights. #AI
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
The gorgeous AI Resist List homepage
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“Access to culture must encompass access to careers in culture” — IAWG Chair @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social on limitations and exceptions @wipo.int Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights. #AI
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A detailed, line-by-line critique of OpenAI’s objectives is laid out by @edwardongwesojr.com and @jathansadowski.com in this week’s episode of @thismachinekills.bsky.social 3/
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453. Super “Intelligent” Industrial Policy
Podcast Episode · This Machine Kills · April 15 · 1h 41m
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The “right to AI” is already popping up in global policy discussions. How about a “right of refusal” instead? 2/
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OpenAI’s New ‘Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age’ is a Policymercial
OpenAI has ultimately co-opted the idealism of public infrastructure while actively undermining concrete steps toward it, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
About that OpenAI Industrial Policy … 1/
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Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age
Explore our ambitious, people-first industrial policy ideas for the AI era—focused on expanding opportunity, sharing prosperity, and building resilient institutions as advanced intelligence evolves.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Skill issue
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AI's aesthetics of failure
On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Bookmark this study.
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404 Media @404media.co · 25/03/2026
It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it. www.404media.co/disneys-open...
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Disney's Sora Disaster Shows AI Will Not Save Hollywood
It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Time to add Agency to ART principles when discussing AI policy and culture. (Authorization, Remuneration, Transparency)
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/03/2026
AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator to qualify for copyright protection. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...
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Jennifer Davidson @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Limitations and exceptions were designed for libraries, archives & research institutions - not for commercial cos who are financially well able to pay for licences - if the creatives who own the work choose to allow it to be sold. If this U.K. government tactic happens it’s underwriting theft.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We’ve been paying close attention to treaty language around limitations and exceptions at WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. This is what we’ve been concerned about.
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Starting to hear buzz about Valerie Veatch's @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social and want to where you can see it? They've got a form on their website to bring Ghost in the Machine to your university, club, festival, institution, or any other place with a screen + humans, virtual or IRL. notaidoc.com
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Ghost in the Machine
Not AI | Ghost in the Machine - A Documentary by Valerie Veatch | Premiering at Sundance 2026
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
An excellent resource for creative orgs and policy development/lobbying just dropped. #UNESCO #2005Convention unes.co/qpo6vh
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Creators face projected global revenue losses of up to 24% by 2028
UNESCO has just launched the latest edition of its flagship report Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity, which analyses a rapidly evolving cultural landscape shaped by digital transformation, Artificial
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Screenwriters generate billions in the economic value of culture around the world. Letting AI companies build products by stealing their work without authorization threatens jobs, livelihoods, and long-standing protections. #StealingIsntInnovation
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Human Artistry Campaign @humanartistry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We're not anti-tech, we're anti-theft. If the future of “innovation” depends on stealing creators’ work without asking or paying, that’s not progress - it's stealing, and we shouldn’t accept it. #StealingIsntInnovation www.stealingisntinnovation.com/
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Screenwriters generate billions in the economic value of culture around the world. Letting AI companies build products by stealing their work without authorization threatens jobs, livelihoods, and long-standing protections. #StealingIsntInnovation
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Really useful resource here for Guilds and other civil society orgs engaging in consultations around AI.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Well done, German civil society. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide. And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft. What does OpenAI offer the world?
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Funding bodies and production tax incentives in several countries are already making “Made By Humans” a condition. 👏🏻
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‘Pluribus’ Includes “Made By Humans” Disclaimer In Credits Amid AI Discourse
As artificial intelligence becomes less discernible and more prevalent, Vince Gilligan is setting an example about transparency with 'Pluribus'.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Australia’s on a roll … www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Streaming services will be made to produce Australian content
Australian government is introducing laws requiring streamers to invest a minimum amount in local content.
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌 They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law. Other governments should do the same! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
“Artificial intelligence presents significant opportunities for Australia and our economy; however, it’s important that Australian creatives benefit from these opportunities too” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI
Attorney general Michelle Rowland shuts down contentious proposal to grant copyright exemption for AI models
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/10/2025
Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... Question for Mr. Altman and @thr.com: Who are the excited rightsholders, precisely?
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OpenAI Promises “More Granular” Control of IP in Sora After Hollywood Characters Flood Video App
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that the tech company would also explore a revenue share with rightsholders.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Who has the dirt on what Sam Altman is telling/promising agents and studios? www.reuters.com/technology/o...
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OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports
OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material, unless right holders opt out of having their work appear, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2025
Here’s part 1 of our four-part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how generative AI is sold through a complete misunderstanding of the concept of labor - and myth-building by companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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The Case Against Generative AI (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 09/30/2025 · 25m
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 29/09/2025
Someone should probably inform the White House's "AI & Crypto Czar" that no one is forcing AI companies to train their models on Wikipedia
Tweet by David Sacks: "Wikipedia is hopelessly biased. An army of left-wing activists maintain the bios and fight reasonable corrections. Magnifying the problem, Wikipedia often appears first in Google search results, and now it’s a trusted source for AI model training. This is a huge problem."
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
A welcome move by China. Hope it is noted and discussed at Mondiacult at the end of the month. @jenniferdavidson.bsky.social
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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The Writers Guild of America East will no longer be active on X.com.  Please follow the Guild on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/wgae... and on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads at WGAEast.
The Writers Guild of America East will no longer be active on X.com.  

The racist and antisemitic language generated by X.com’s AI (“Grok”) after a software update directed by Elon Musk is further evidence of the urgent need for common sense regulation and oversight of artificial intelligence technology. 

We look forward to engaging with you on other platforms.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Jason with important clarity on the Meta lawsuit summary judgment.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Some analysis of the two big generative AI copyright cases in the US this week (Anthropic and Meta)
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Federation of Screenwriters in Europe - FSE @fsescreenwriters.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
FSE cosigned the Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation launched by SARTEC and other Quebec unions representing #creators, #performers, craftspeople and technicians in the #audiovisual and music industries. 🟥 Read more and sign: lartesthumain.com/en/
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Art is Human - Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation
The development of AI in culture must be done with the community, for the community, and in a careful, reasonable, and well-thought-out manner, because art is Human!
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Federation of Screenwriters in Europe - FSE @fsescreenwriters.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
FSE co-signed open letter to EU Ministers of #Culture ahead of Council on 12-13 May. They have a prominent role to play on specific impact of #AI on European #CulturalDiversity & #ArtisticFreedom. federationscreenwriters.eu/open-letter-... #generativeAI #copyright #democracy
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Open letter to EU Ministers of Culture on AI - FSE - Federation of Screenwriters in Europe
FSE co-signed an open letter to the attention of the European Ministers of Culture ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council on 12-13 May 2025. They now have a prominent role to play on...
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Writers Guild of Ireland @writersguildirl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Our friends at Film Ireland have released a special series of podcasts from our World Conference of Screenwriters last year. You can listen back to the first day of panels and discussions here @iawg.bsky.social filmireland.net/category/pod...
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Podcast – Film Ireland Magazine
In the Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Stephen Bradley , Director of ‘Fran the Man’
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Federation of Screenwriters in Europe - FSE @fsescreenwriters.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
FSE is part of a broad coalition of organisations in Europe’s creative and cultural sectors. Together we launch a campaign on the #AIAct. Keywords: Transparency. Consent. Remuneration. We call on EU policymakers to #StayTrueToTheAct. #AI #screenwriters #creators #copyright staytruetotheact.eu
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Collecting reactions to proposals for the US to exempt AI training from copyright law: 1. Includes complete letter from Hollywood creatives deadline.com/2025/03/trum...
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‘Matrix’ Co-Creator & Hundreds Of Hollywood A-Listers Want To Stop AI Obliterating Copyright Laws; Lilly Wachowski, Paul McCartney, Ava DuVernay, Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón + More Write White Hous...
Hundreds of Hollywood players sent a letter to the White House warning the entertainment industry is at risk from AI if copyright isn't protected.
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Reuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training. I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
Newspaper stand with newspapers all carrying the front page Campaign 'make it fAIr'
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Interesting that Open AI says it can’t remove contested ©️ works NOT because it’s technically impossible but because they must preserve all training data as evidence in myriad other lawsuits. www.fastcompany.com/91265555/ope...
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OpenAI says India court can't hear case on alleged copyright breach
In the most high-profile and closely tracked lawsuit on AI use in India, ANI sued OpenAI in Delhi in November, accusing it of using the news agency's published content without permission to train Chat...
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Mark Zuckerberg appears to have personally approved training Meta's genAI models on an entire "shadow library" of pirated books: www.wired.com/story/new-do...
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Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal
One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn.
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International Affiliation of Writers Guilds @iawg.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Groceries for Writers is continuing for those affected by the fires. Please consider donating if you’re able.
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