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