Writers' Roundup

NATIONAL WRITERS UNION CALLS FOR RENEWED ACTION TO PROTECT WRITERS’ RIGHTS FOLLOWING REJECTION OF GOOGLE BOOK SETTLEMENT NEW YORK CITY: March 23, 2011 – “Judge Chin’s decision that the Google Book Settlement was ‘not fair, adequate and reasonable’ gives the National Writers Union even more reason to pursue other means through Congress and the courts to protect and affirm writers’ rights against this sort of corporate infringement,” declared Larry Goldbetter, president of the NWU, the union of freelance writers. “Because writers’ copyright inflingement claims against Google have yet to be resolved, the NWU calls on Google to stop scanning without permission — now.”

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Dear Friends,

I first became aware of  the New-York based National Writers’ Union (NWU) during our recent battle against the Google Book Settlement. Unlike our  Canadian unions — and the American Authors’ Guild, which brokered the Google deal — the NWU spoke up bitingly against the GBS, demonstrating an inspirational level of leadership on behalf of its members. Continue reading