Appeals Court Voids Agreement to Pay Freelancers for Work Published on the Web

APPEALS COURT VOIDS AGREEMENT TO PAY FREELANCERS FOR WORK PUBLISHED ON THE WEB
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Richard Perez-Pena]
A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a hard-fought agreement between publishers and freelance writers to pay the writers for electronic reproduction of their work. In a 2-to-1 decision, an appellate panel ruled that the courts had no jurisdiction over the copyright dispute and that a lower court erred in accepting the writers’ lawsuit and approving the settlement. People on both sides of the dispute said it was unclear what would happen next — whether the decision would be appealed, a new suit filed, or a new agreement negotiated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/business/media/30copyright.html?ref=to...
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