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December 07, 2007: Blog posting copyright violated
Thanks to the Canadian Magazines blog for calling our attention to this:
A blog posting from Spacing Toronto, a local Toronto blog covering municipal planning and urban living, was lifted in its entirety, including an accompanying photograph, and reprinted in a Best of the Blogs column in the Toronto Sun.
The posting's author contacted the paper, and received an apology and notification of the standard freelance rate for such an article.
See the original posting here, and the Canadian Magazines blog posting here.
December 03, 2007: US freelancer settlement voided
A US appeals court has voided a settlement agreement for freelancers in the largest copyright infringement case involving US freelnce writers. At issue is the legality of a class action in the case of copyright infringement in the US, where copyright must be individually registered.
See the full story in this New York Times (one of the media outlets involved int he case) piece.
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