[LINK] Big media vs. Freelancers: the justices at the digital divide

[Chirgwin, Richard]

Michael - that's Australia. The story which started the thread was US...

RC

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Lean [mailto:m.lean@qut.edu.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2001 10:50
To: Chirgwin, Richard; link@www.anu.edu.au
Subject: RE: [LINK] Big media vs. Freelancers: the justices at the
digital divide


At 08:45  21/03/01 +1000, Chirgwin, Richard wrote:
>Also: if the journalist loses the IP rights over a work, the publisher can
>present their article without attribution, at least after its original
>publication. Or could onsell it - eg for another company to rehost on its
>site. Etc. So I'm sympathetic to the freelancers here!

I don't know about that. We now have Moral Rights legislation in Oz as part 
of the Copyright Act. Unless you specifically agree to your work not 
carrying your name, anyone who publishes it without attribution infringes 
one of your Moral Rights.

Mike