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<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw990625.htm">63: cw990625 Boys' Life, The Authors Registry, Science, National Geographic, Time, Dow Jones</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw990421.htm">62: cw990421 The World &amp; I, Sesame Street Parents, Parents, Reader's Digest, AARP Bulletin</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw990224.htm">61: cw990224 Webzine contracts, HMS Beagle, ABCNews.com, Ski and Skiing, Boys' Life </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw990104.htm">60: cw990104 Cooking Light, UnCover, Audubon, Inc., Eating Well, Information Week, Biztravel.com</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw980825.htm">59: cw980825 UnCover lawsuit, Newhouse newspapers, Conde Nast, Wired, American Way, Success</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw980520.htm">58: cw980520 New York Times, New Choices, Weider, Sirs, Telemedia, Private Clubs, UnCover</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw980409.htm">57: cw980409 Authors Registry, Cooking Light, This Old House, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Penthouse </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw980217.htm">56: cw980217 Cooking Light, Buzz, Washington Post, e-rights lawsuits</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw980126.htm">55: cw980126 Northern Light, Coastal Living, Swing, Weider, World Publications, Hachette</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw971223.htm">54: cw971223 National Geographic, Diversion, Frommer's Budget Travel, Chicken Soup for the Soul </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw971113.htm">53: cw971113 Lawsuit against UnCover, Los Angeles, Chicago Tribune, Skiing, Food &amp; Wine</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw971014.htm">52: cw971014 Family Circle, Woman's Day, Emmy, Log Home Living, New York Observer, Parenting</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970930.htm">51: cw970930 E-rights court decisions, Men's Journal, American Health for Women, Marie Claire</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970820.htm">50: cw970820 E-rights lawsuit, American Baby, Spare Time, AOL lawsuit, Tampa Tribune</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970815.htm">49: cw970815 First US court decision on electronic rights - Tasini v. The New York Times</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970729.htm">48: cw970729 Fancy Food, Parenting, Smithsonian, American Health, New York, Consumers Digest</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970625.htm">47: cw970625 Science, New Woman, Natural History, RxRemedy, Macdonald Communications </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970527.htm">46: cw970527 Los Angles Times, National Geographic, Chicago Tribune, Cooking Light, Sesame Street Parents</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970506.htm">45: cw970506 National Geographic, American Airlines Publishing, Golf.com, Southam, MS</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970402.htm">44: cw970402 Microsoft, Parenting, New York Times, Associated Press</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970313.htm">43: cw970313 Meredith Corporation, Hearst Magazines, Sea Frontiers, Hartford Courant, Boston Globe</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970227.htm">42: cw970227 Parenting, Child, Parents, Health, Family Circle, Village Voice, New York Times</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970204.htm">41: cw970204 Authors Registry, Conde Nast, American Express Publishing, Cooking Light, Smithsonian</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970110.htm">40: cw970110 Yankee, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Hearst, New York Times</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw961219.htm">39: cw961219 Word spreads through freelance circles: Stay away from Rodale Press</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw961204.htm">38: cw961204 Freelance contracts at New York Times are not one-size-fits-all</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw961121.htm">37: cw961121 Time Inc. renegs on promise to pay writers for e-rights </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw961015.htm">36: cw961015 New York Times now offers freelancers "less onerous" but still unsatisfactory contract</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960927.htm">35: cw960927 Freelancer collects $1845 from Los Angeles Magazine for unauthorized electronic use </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960903.htm">34: cw960903 Recent press clips about electronic rights issues</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960816.htm">33: cw960816 Atlantic Monthly negotiating electronic rights</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960808.htm">32: cw960808 Settlements with Weight Watchers and Marketing Computers</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960708.htm">31: cw960708 Writer gets Hearst contract licensing only first North American print rights </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960628.htm">30: cw960628 Writer gets Conde Nast contract with separate payment for electronic rights</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960614.htm">29: cw960614 The Nation will share electronic revenues with writers, paying through the Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960531.htm">28: cw960531 Freelancers protest changes in Boston Globe contract </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960503.htm">27: cw960503 PEN joins Authors Registry; Lang magazines purchased by MacDonald Communications</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960412.htm">26: cw960412 Atlantic Monthly settles lawsuit after sublicensing article to electronic database without consent</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960327.htm">25: cw960327 Quill, magazine of Society of Professional Journalists, explores "A Fight for Rights"</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960202.htm">24: cw960202 Harper's Magazine first publication to announce payments for past electronic use of freelance articles</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw960111.htm">23: cw960111 Writers disturbed that royalties distributed by Copyright Clearance Center end up only with publishers</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw951228.htm">22: cw951228 Year-end rush: newspapers mail contracts to freelance contributors</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw951130.htm">21: cw951130 Health and Parenting promise pay for e-rights in '98 but want free use until then</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw951108.htm">20: cw951108 Harper's publisher says he'll make good on having sublicensed freelancers' articles</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw951101.htm">19: cw951101 Copyright grab by EMAP Business Publishing, UK house of business and computer magazines</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw951024.htm">18: cw951024 Health phoning writers, trying to line up last-minute approvals for articles in an America Online launch</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw951002.htm">17: cw951002 Faced with freelance reviewers' protests, Publishers Weekly revises its new contract</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950919.htm">16: cw950919 Parenting calling freelancers, offering to buy online rights--fast, for America Online</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950809.htm">15: cw950809 Memo to New York Times editors confirms newspaper wants total ownership of freelance articles </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950713.htm">14: cw950713 Writer catches Consumers Digest making unauthorized electronic use; accepts $2,100 settlement</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950615.htm">13: cw950615 Authors Registry continues to gather support from writers' organizations and literary agents </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950601.htm">12: cw950601 Information Access Company will require its online vendors to provide article tracking</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950516.htm">11: cw950516 Sierra writes to Information Access Company, EBSCO Publishing and other database companies</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950502.htm">10: cw950502 Pressure is mounting on Information Access Company</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950418.htm">9: cw950418 New York Times pays settlement to a writer for unauthorized syndication</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950404.htm">8: cw950404 New Choices joins those magazines that have canceled their arrangements with Uncover</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950313.htm">7: cw950313 New York Times editors are sending their regular freelancers blanket work made for hire agreements</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950225.htm">6: cw950225 Time Inc. will pay for more electronic uses of photography.</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950201.htm">5: cw950201 The New York Law Journal article on "Protection of Electronic Publication Rights"</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw950110.htm">4: cw950110 Atlantic Monthly and more</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw941208.htm">3: cw941208 TV Guide and more</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw941104.htm">2: cw941104 Hachette-Filipacchi magazines and more</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw941024.htm">1: cw941024 Travel &amp; Leisure and more</A> </P>

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<H3><A NAME="REGISTRY">AUTHORS REGISTRY </A></H3>
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<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar970611.htm">ar970611 Tech Review signs with Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar980529.htm">ar970529 Weight Watchers Magazine signs with Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar970515.htm">ar970515 Yankee Magazine to pay for e-rights through the Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar970318.htm">ar970318 International Creative Management (ICM), a super-agency, signs with Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar970131.htm">ar970131 Travel &amp; Leisure, Food &amp; Wine to pay e-rights fees through Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar970123.htm">ar970123 Cooking Light to distribute royalties and fees to freelancers via the Authors Registry</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar960821.htm">ar960821 Writers' militancy threatens to crimp publishers' plans for profits from electronic media</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar960802.htm">ar960802 Authors Registry mails first $150,000 in royalties</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar950710.htm">ar950710 Authors Registry update</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ar950523.htm">ar950523 William Morris Agency, reprint service, writers' groups voice support as Authors Registry picks up steam</A> </P>

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<H3><A NAME="TIMES">NEW YORK TIMES </A></H3>
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<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny960327.htm">ny960327 New York Times backs down, but not far enough</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny951012.htm">ny951012 Three hundred writers assail New York Times</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny950926.htm">ny950926 Reply from New York Times on freelancers' rights</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny950918.htm">ny950918 Society of Southwestern Authors denounces New York Times </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny950912.htm">ny950912 Norwegian writers offer support to American writers against New York Times</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny950905.htm">ny950905 Writers call on new technology in battle with New York Times</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ny950808.htm">ny950808 Writers groups assail New York Times rights grab</A> </P>

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<H3><A NAME="HOT">HOT TOPICS</A></H3>
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<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ht980123.htm">ht980123 Northern Light: Is your name up in lights?</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970820.htm">cw970820 E-rights lawsuit, American Baby, Spare Time, AOL lawsuit, Tampa Tribune</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/cw970815.htm">cw970815 First US court decision on electronic rights - Tasini v. The New York Times</A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ht961205.htm">ht961205 Authors groups say US Appeals Court decided right but missed a key point</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ht960918.htm">ht960918 Hatch calls plan to overhaul Copyright Office "premature"</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ht960917.htm">ht960917 Controversial plan to overhaul Copyright Office comes back to life </A></P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ht960723.htm">ht960723 Push to overhaul Copyright Office is put on hold</A> </P>
<P><A HREF="cwfiles/ht960718.htm">ht960718 ASJA asks Senator Hatch to slow down plan for Copyright Office</A> </P>

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