Challenge to Settlement Delays Payments
Objectors to the freelance class action settlement appealed the District Court's order approving the settlement on October 21, 2005. The appeal process will take nine months or longer as the parties file briefs, argue the appeal, and await the decision of the Court of Appeals.
If the appeal fails, then the settlement will be final, and claims can be paid. If the appeal is successful, then litigation proceedings would resume in the trial court.
For further information, visit the claim administrator's website.
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Regain Your Rights
Learn how to terminate transfers under § 203 of the Copyright Act (download PDF).
Copyright Forms
To register a manuscript, use Form TX. (If you are the only author and copyright holder and the work is new, you may use Short Form TX.)
Freelance journalists may want to register their collected work every 90 days and save registration fees. Use Forms GR/CP and TX to do this.
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You must file within 90 days of publication for maximum statutory protection, but even delayed filings provide valuable protection for your works.
The fee for filing either TX form is $45. There's no additional fee for filing GR/CP with a TX form.
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