Freelance Rights

The Authors Guild announces an $18 million settlement in a 2000 class action suit filed jointly with The American Society of Journalists and Authors (www.asja.org) and The National Writers Union (www.nwu.org) against major online news databases for unauthorized use of freelance writers' articles. If you once sold an article to a large news service, you might receive from $60 to $1500 more, depending on several factors including: if the article copyright was registered, the original fee paid, the year it was published, and if you permit future use in databases. Visit FreelanceRights to read the release and more details about this landmark case for freelance writers.

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