After years of wrangling and lawsuits (Tsanini v. New York Times), in 2005 freelance writers and publishers agreed to a settlement (worth about $18 million) regarding payment for work posted online or in databases. However, a few writers opposed it on the grounds that it did not allot enough funds for writers of unregistered works and appealed. Now the U.S. Court of Appeals has overturned the decision of the lower court to approve the settlement, saying they lacked the jurisdiction to do so, throwing everything into chaos again.
Here is a link from the Author's Guild to the decision.
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