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After a decade of copyright lawsuits in two countries over the Internet use of freelance writers’ work without additional compensation, some money is finally on the table.

But it’s a table in the United States, and Canadian writers are being asked to turn up their noses to the proposed class-action settlement. Read CANOE CNEWS article