Database vendors settle with freelance writers - $18 million

[Sloan, Bernie]

"The American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Authors Guild, and
the National Writers Union today announced the filing of a motion for
court approval of an $18 million settlement in a class action suit they
and 21 freelance writers filed on behalf of thousands of freelance
writers whose stories appeared in online databases without their
consent. They expect preliminary court approval of the settlement within
the next month."

Full news release:

http://www.asja.org/media/nr050329.php 

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
Champaign, IL  61820

Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:   (217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu