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Derogatory treatment of my art – what's that?
16 April 2025
As creatives, our work is an extension of ourselves – it expresses our worldviews, perspectives, opinions, and values. Criticism can be hard, but worse is when our work is twisted by someone else, causing harm to our reputation. The Copyright Act addresses this under “Moral Rights,” as the “Right to object to derogatory treatment of work.” -
Why is creative record keeping important?
10 April 2025
Your work is valuable so keeping good records and understanding your legal rights are crucial to protecting your IP and developing your professional reputation. -
Aotearoa's writers and publishers are concerned about works being used to train AI.
24 March 2025
Between 2024 and 2025, we surveyed writers and publishers in our community on their attitudes toward AI. -
What is the right to privacy?
2 February 2025
There are four moral rights outlined in the Copyright Act; the right of identification, the right of integrity, false attribution and the “right to privacy of certain photographs and films,” even if someone else owns the copyright. -
What is False Attribution?
15 January 2025
Remember when you were in primary school, and got sent to the principal’s office for a chat about the way you scratched some stars and your name on the school toilet door... but it wasn’t you who did it? No? Only me? That’s false attribution – when someone attributes a work to someone else. -
Successful recipients of the 2024 Contestable Fund Grants announced.
5 December 2024
Congratulations to the successful recipients of the 2024 Contestable Fund Grants, with a total of $75,000 granted. -
$25,000 CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award has been awarded to writer Mark Derby
8 October 2024
Mark Derby has been awarded the 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc, $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project, with the working title, ‘Outlaw Prophet - Hakaraia Mahika and the Tauranga Wars.’ This book is an account of the New Zealand Wars in the Bay of Plenty, with a focus on an extraordinary spiritual and military leader.