The National Writers Union plans to file suit over the terms of the New York Times\’ recently rewritten contract with its freelancers:
National Writers Union president Jonathan Tasini asserted yesterday that a Times contract – crafted in the wake of the Supreme Court decision – that seeks freelancers\’ permission to keep their work in the paper\’s archives without additional compensation is illegal and unenforceable. \’\’They\’re demanding people sign away all their past and future rights to those articles,\’\’ Tasini said in an interview yesterday. \’\’We would rather negotiate this and they\’ve just taken a very hard line.\’\’ He said that unless the Times changed its policy within 24 hours, a suit would be filed today in New York. An attorney representing the writers union said the likely venue would be federal court.
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