AUTHOR'S RIGHTS FOR ALL - CAMPAIGN

Their Campaign brings together writers, journalists, creators and trades unionists committed to justice and fair play over how content is used in mass media and new information services.

The Campaign was launched in June 2000 after a Summit Conference in London involving writers and journalists from more than 30 countries.

Their Campaign aims to strengthen the rights of authors. They shall do this by:

• Building a global strategy for the defence of authors' rights;
• Setting up coalitions between creators and other groups in civil society to fight for these rights;
• Sharing essential information between partners on legal actions, collective bargaining agreements and the latest political developments at national and international level.

Behind this initiative is an international group of experienced campaigners for authors' rights who have pledged to work together to oppose publishers and media owners who are hacking away at traditional standards of authors' rights protection by demanding complete control over the use and re-use of our work.

International Federation of Journalists
266 Rue Royale, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium
Tel +32.2.223.22.65, Fax +32.2.219.29.76
e-mail:

theresehofbauer@ifj.org
website: www.authorsrights.org
(Bron: IFJ)