Free lance writers win a $10 million-$18 million award to compensate for work that has been posted online. “Plaintiffs, who filed on behalf of thousands of freelance writers, included the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Authors Guild, the National Writers Union and almost two dozen freelance writers. Under the terms of the settlement, freelance writers who had work published between August 1977 and December 2002 will be eligible to fill out a form — online or by mail — that will entitle them to money for works to which they had not signed away their rights to electronic publication.”