Signer beware: Libel clauses in some freelance contracts leave writers holding the bag
Clauses that make writers wholly responsible for defamatory language in magazine articles have been popping up in freelance contracts for a while now. Last fall, we mentioned that The Grid, owned by Torstar Corp., was distributing new freelance agreements with clauses that could leave writers exposed to counter-suits in the event a libel suit was […]
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 2:04 pm by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: Advice, Canada Wide Media, Canadian Media Guild, Canadian Writers Group, freelance contracts, libel, Reader's Digest, The Grid, TorStar, Trouble spots
CWG/CMG representing Toronto Star and The Grid freelancers in talks with senior management
Do you freelance at the Toronto Star or The Grid? There have been talks between the Canadian Writers Group/Canadian Media Guild and the Star‘s senior management about the new freelance agreement at the paper, which contains a couple of, in our view, unnecessary and troublesome clauses. The most recent meeting took place in late August, […]
Posted on October 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: freelance contracts, The Grid, Toronto Star, TorStar, Trouble spots
