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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Australian Publishers Rights Grabs – what to do. October 22, 2010 – 12:17 am. Was there a conference that a whole swag of publishing lawyers went to recently? A number of Australian publishers who previously had fair and reasonable arrangements with their writers have started going for ‘rights grabs.’. What’s a rights grab? Look out for these in a publishing contract:. What can you do? Also posted in campaign. Fairfax – analysis. MEAA –...
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Writer’s Rights Explained | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Before agreeing to a writing contract, you need to have an understanding of what rights you are negotiating before you can work out what they are worth to you. Assumption often doesn’t hold true though and it’s quite astounding how many publishers are clueless about rights. In general, it’s wise to offer as few rights as possible when you are selling a story to a publisher. Here’s a rights glossary. And subsequent print or serial rights (also...
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Liability Shifts: How freelancers stand to lose their worldly goods | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Liability Shifts: How freelancers stand to lose their worldly goods. This update has a very dramatic headline – because a number of publishers are introducing some very dramatic Indemnity and Liability. Clauses into their writer’s contracts. Publishers also carry a good cover for public liability insurance, in case someone trips on their stairs or burns themselves on their coffee-pot, for example. These are warranties that most writers are ha...
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Contracts | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Liability Shifts: How freelancers stand to lose their worldly goods. February 18, 2011 – 12:05 am. This update has a very dramatic headline – because a number of publishers are introducing some very dramatic Indemnity and Liability. Clauses into their writer’s contracts. Publishers also carry a good cover for public liability insurance, in case someone trips on their stairs or burns themselves on their coffee-pot, for example. These are warra...
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Rights grab | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Tag Archives: Rights grab. Australian Publishers Rights Grabs – what to do. October 22, 2010 – 12:17 am. Was there a conference that a whole swag of publishing lawyers went to recently? A number of Australian publishers who previously had fair and reasonable arrangements with their writers have started going for ‘rights grabs.’. What’s a rights grab? Look out for these in a publishing contract:. What can you do? Fairfax – analysis. MEAA ̵...
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Analysing The Contracts | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Publishers are trying to work out ways of surviving in the digital age – and writers want to see them succeed. Let’s work together to forge fair contracts and alliances that deliver benefits to writers and publishers. In this section we analyse a range of contracts we’ve sourced from various publishers – and the verdicts and responses from writers. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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International Copyright Law | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886-1970). The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Phonogram Producers and Broadcasting Organisations (1961). The TRIPS Agreement (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) (1994). The World Intellectual Property Organisation. April 16, 2010 at 8:28 am. Or leave a trackback: Trackback URL. Contracts: What’s the deal? Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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liability | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Liability Shifts: How freelancers stand to lose their worldly goods. February 18, 2011 – 12:05 am. This update has a very dramatic headline – because a number of publishers are introducing some very dramatic Indemnity and Liability. Clauses into their writer’s contracts. Publishers also carry a good cover for public liability insurance, in case someone trips on their stairs or burns themselves on their coffee-pot, for example. These are warra...
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indemnity | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Liability Shifts: How freelancers stand to lose their worldly goods. February 18, 2011 – 12:05 am. This update has a very dramatic headline – because a number of publishers are introducing some very dramatic Indemnity and Liability. Clauses into their writer’s contracts. Publishers also carry a good cover for public liability insurance, in case someone trips on their stairs or burns themselves on their coffee-pot, for example. These are warra...
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Contracts: What’s the deal? | Writer's Contracts
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A resource and campaign for freelance writers and journalists. Contracts: What’s the deal? It’s good business practice to put a contract in place so that the agreement of products or services delivered and money paid is clearly understood by both parties. A contract describes who is responsible for events that might occur in the transaction and protects both of you. 8221; and accepted with an email saying “OK! 8221; from a representative of the publisher, comprises a valid contract. Though a spoken agree...
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