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[FYI] How to put the word to rights
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- Subject: [FYI] How to put the word to rights
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:49:01 +0100
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http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,3605,396711,00.htm
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How to put the word to rights
Journalists who write for the web are being forced into the courts to
defend their copyright. Now, says Sean Dodson, one man thinks he has
the solution, a site that markets articles to editors
Monday November 13, 2000
Journalists are not used to taking up cudgels for copyright. But now
a number of recent high-profile disputes over the issue have begun to
make many of them sit up and start fighting for their rights on the
web.
Last month, leading online journal Salon.com sent out contracts to
its freelance writers. For most, this was the first contract the
publication had ever sent them. The contracts asked the writers to
give up resale rights to their published work in exchange for 25% of
the resale fee.
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