IP: NWU 1, New York Times 0

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: Andreas Ramos <Andreas.Ramos () brio com>
> To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: NWU 1, New York Times 0
> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:30:33 -0700
>
> Several years ago, the New York Times (NYT), Time magazine, Newsday, The
> Atlantic Monthly, and a number of other publishers began to repost their old
> content onto their web sites. For example, the NYT posted articles from
> their New York Times Magazine.
>
> The original authors of those articles pointed out that their contracts were
> specifically for a single use and the NYT did not have the right to reprint
> and they should pay reprint fees. The NYT was selling the articles for $2-$3
> but they were not giving any of the money to the authors.
>
> This was a copyright issue and it went to federal court. The National
> Writers Union (NWU at www.nwu.org) sued New York Times (NYT at
> www.nytimes.com), Time magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and others. The case
> has been going on for several years.
>
> The NYT argued in court that they had the right to ignore copyright law.
> They continued to sell the articles, collect the money, and keep the money,
> without paying the authors.
>
> This weekend, the US appeals court decided in the favor of the NWU. They won
> against practically the entire East Coast publishing industry. This is a
> landmark decision that will have a huge impact on web content and online
> publishing.
>
> This means that if YOU have written newspaper articls, magazine storie, or
> books and if publishers have taken that content onto their web sites (either
> for free or for profit,) they owe you royalties. If this applies to you,
> contact the NWU at www.nwu.org. It has a project to help writers collect
> their royalties.
>
> You can read more about this at:
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990928/bdy.html
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990927/ny_freelan_1.html
>
> http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/007073.htm
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/990928/copyright__3.html
>
> http://search.nytimes.com/search/daily/bin/fastweb?getdoc+site+iib-site+100+
> 0+wAAA+tasini
>
> ____________
> Andreas Ramos
> Manager of Technical Publications
> Brio Technology, Inc.
> 650.298.7635