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Residuals for Journalists?

Should journalists be paid residuals when their writing is used to generate extra revenue for their companies? Nikki Golden of ASBPE Chicago wonders about that topic in two blog posts, Just Sour Grapes? and Follow up to Sour Grapes. It's particularly worth reading the two articles she points to in those posts. Here are the links:

• Labor Cyberwars: or, Why I'm Like a TV Writer, Except Poorer
  by James Poniewozi, from Time.com, Nov. 1, 2007
  
  
• Why Don't Journalists Get Residuals?
  by Albert Kim, from The Huffington Post, Nov. 14, 2007

For background, ASBPE members can see our 2001 special report on electronic rights, which dissects the Tasini case referred to in Kim's article.

Labels: Career Development, Copyright/Electronic Rights, Ethics, Salary/Compensation, Web

Posted by Martha Spizziri on Friday, November 16, 2007 @ 12:39 PM
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