Copyright Licensing New Zealand

Let's do the right thing. Making creative rights work for all New Zealanders.

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✨ Sign up for our next workshop ✨ Join our FREE Creative Rights for Creative People workshop on Thursday, 15 May, at 11am. Sign up here: https://t.co/PL9a7sbHp0

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Criticism can be hard, but worse is when our work is twisted by someone else, causing harm to our reputation. Read about the derogatory treatment of art at our latest blog: https://t.co/MFZu1AhkNs

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Your work is valuable, so keeping good records and understanding your legal rights are crucial to protecting your IP and developing your professional reputation. As a creator, the last thing you want to see is your creative mahi being used without your permission.

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Between 2024 and 2025, we surveyed writers and publishers in our community on their attitudes toward AI. Those results are in. Many of Aotearoa's writers and publishers are concerned about their works possibly being used to train AI. Read the results here https://t.co/Z86ZQutAGS

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OCKHAMS 2025 SHORTLIST JUSTS ANNOUNCED 👏 ...Congratulations to all the finalists, particularly the two debut authors in the General Non-Fiction category: Flora Feltham (Bad Archive) and Una Cruickshank (The Chthonic Cycle) 🙌. Read PR here
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✨ Sign up for our next workshop ✨ Join our FREE Creative Rights for Creative People workshop on Wednesday 19 February at 11am. Sign up here: https://t.co/PL9a7sbHp0

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For example, if a photograph of you doing the chicken dance at a wedding 😅 ends up on a wedding photographer's website, under the right to privacy you can ask for it to be removed from display.

Read more about the right to privacy in our latest blog: https://t.co/Y2WkXIIwVv

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Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but false attribution is problematic. Out latest blog investigates the forger Karl Sim, the risks of false attribution and what to do if your name is on something that you didn’t create 🪧 Read it here: https://t.co/fD1TQe8Puz

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🗣️ We believe that responsible AI starts with licensing or levies, so we're calling for writers and publishers to have their voices heard as we explore our community’s attitudes toward AI and possible remuneration models. Have your say here: https://t.co/iDciaFmvak

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👏 The successful recipients of the 2024 Contestable Fund Grants have been announced. Congratulations to all our successful recipients, and a big thank you to everyone who applied.

🌟 Read through the full list of funded projects here: https://t.co/Ix4yHcexIN

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✨ Sign up for our last workshop of 2024 ✨

Join our FREE Creative Rights for Creative People workshop on Wednesday 11 December at 12pm. Sign up here: https://t.co/PL9a7sbHp0

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Last Saturday at VERB Festival, CLNZ CEO Sam Irvine presented the CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award to the 2024 recipient Mark Derby. The $25,000 grant is invaluable to Mark, enabling him to dedicate six months to his project 'Outlaw Prophet – Hakaraia Mahika and the Tauranga Wars.'

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✨ Sign up for our next workshop ✨ Join our FREE Creative Rights for Creative People workshop on Friday 25 October at 10:30 am. Sign up here: https://t.co/PL9a7sbHp0
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🌟 We are excited to announce the 2024 recipient of the CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award, Mark Derby! Mark has received $25,000 towards his project – read about it here: https://t.co/vt1PruprSg

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Don't forget applications for the 2024 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants close on Friday 11 October, 4pm. Wondering if you should apply? Hear from past recipient, Damien Levi of @Āporo Press, here: https://t.co/g6FWnKRCpk

Image: Spoiled Fruit cover, courtesy of Āporo Press.

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@AustinHarrisoNZ 3/3 If you have any concerns regarding immediate personal harm or safety, or the investigation of a crime, please immediately contact the police.

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@AustinHarrisoNZ 2/3  If you feel comfortable sharing some detail with us, we’d like to investigate further. To ensure natural justice and due process is observed, we’d like to direct you to our complaints policy to make a formal complaint: https://t.co/PncDI444AR

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@AustinHarrisoNZ 1/3 Tēnā koe Austin. We appreciate you bringing this information to our attention, and for respecting the privacy of any persons involved. We want to assure you that we're taking this seriously.