Electronic Rights Class Action Court Date, and Water
This is what I've been doing today.
Here's a note I've sent out to Canadian freelance writers, as Secretary of the Electronic Rights Defense Committee. I'll explain more about what that is later. But for now, here's the update from today.
Monday, February 25, 2008 6:30 p.m.
Today the authorization hearing for the Electronic Rights Defence
Committee's class action on behalf of freelancers kicked off at the
Palais de Justice in Montreal with Me. Mireille Goulet in fine form.
The defendants in the case, which goes back more than 10 years, are the
Montreal Gazette Group, CanWest Global Communications, Hollinger
Canadian Publishing Holdings, CanWest Interactive, Southam and Southam
Business Communications, Infomart Dialog and Cedrom-SNI.
Representatives from the Professional Writers Association of Canada
(PWAC), Quebec Writers Federation (QWF,) the Writers' Union of Canada
(TWUC) and the Union des Écrivaines et des
Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ) testified as to the case's importance to
Canadian freelancers. Heather Robertson, whose class action case on
similar electronic rights issues against the Thomson chain reached the
Canadian Supreme Court, also sent her good wishes.
But the hearing continues tomorrow morning, and Wednesday as well. We
urge writers to show their support by attending the hearings. Tuesday's
session will begin at 9:15 a.m. in Room 16.01 at the Palais de Justice
Montreal, 1 Notre Dame East (between Notre Dame and St. Jacques at
boul. St. Laurent - Metro Place des Armes), Room 16.01
Please come out, and support the cause of freelancers and electronic rights
across Canada.
Jack Ruttan, ERDC Secretary
Mary Soderstrom, ERDC President
Writer Mary Soderstrom, on her excellent blog, posted the call to arms, so I feel as if I've been too shy writing about this myself. Please come to the Palais de Justice in Montreal, and support freelance writers!
Kept awake during the court hearing by drawing a lot. This is all I feel comfortable putting up at the moment.
Here's a note I've sent out to Canadian freelance writers, as Secretary of the Electronic Rights Defense Committee. I'll explain more about what that is later. But for now, here's the update from today.
Monday, February 25, 2008 6:30 p.m.
Today the authorization hearing for the Electronic Rights Defence
Committee's class action on behalf of freelancers kicked off at the
Palais de Justice in Montreal with Me. Mireille Goulet in fine form.
The defendants in the case, which goes back more than 10 years, are the
Montreal Gazette Group, CanWest Global Communications, Hollinger
Canadian Publishing Holdings, CanWest Interactive, Southam and Southam
Business Communications, Infomart Dialog and Cedrom-SNI.
Representatives from the Professional Writers Association of Canada
(PWAC), Quebec Writers Federation (QWF,) the Writers' Union of Canada
(TWUC) and the Union des Écrivaines et des
Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ) testified as to the case's importance to
Canadian freelancers. Heather Robertson, whose class action case on
similar electronic rights issues against the Thomson chain reached the
Canadian Supreme Court, also sent her good wishes.
But the hearing continues tomorrow morning, and Wednesday as well. We
urge writers to show their support by attending the hearings. Tuesday's
session will begin at 9:15 a.m. in Room 16.01 at the Palais de Justice
Montreal, 1 Notre Dame East (between Notre Dame and St. Jacques at
boul. St. Laurent - Metro Place des Armes), Room 16.01
Please come out, and support the cause of freelancers and electronic rights
across Canada.
Jack Ruttan, ERDC Secretary
Mary Soderstrom, ERDC President
Writer Mary Soderstrom, on her excellent blog, posted the call to arms, so I feel as if I've been too shy writing about this myself. Please come to the Palais de Justice in Montreal, and support freelance writers!
Kept awake during the court hearing by drawing a lot. This is all I feel comfortable putting up at the moment.
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posted by Jack Ruttan at 10:12 PM
1 Comments:
Hey Jack.
Very nice blog!
Mary
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