Hi there! I'm a freelance journalist living in Sedona, Arizona. My niche is investigative reporting but I'm trying to broaden out into feature and entertainment writing. Bear with me while I try new forms of writing. I'd love to hear your feedback, rants and raves. Contact me at shaman312@yahoo.com.
Don't Be Fooled About Your Rights as a Writer The U.S. Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit today reversed a lower court's decision that would have paid about $18 million to freelance writers whose work was unlawfully distributed by some major publishers and electronic database services. The writers lost this round of litigation because they had not registered their work with the U.S. Copyright Office. The lower court had no jurisdiction over unregistered work according to the decision. Why should you care? Because the publisher who bought your $20 article might be illegally posting it o...
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