On top of marketing their stories more effectively, they get access to editors seeking to commission their work and they can set their own price and copyright terms. It's the more established journalists - ones who've worked for prestigious organisations in the past but now want greater freedom who are the keenest to sign up. They just click right onto what EPNworld is all about. EPNworld's network of over 250 correspondents covers all continents and delivers stories in a comprehensive range of news categories. Editors sign up to the service at no cost and simply pick and choose the articles that interest them or commission specific journalists.
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They either opt to retain or sell the copyright for each story they file. The choice to keep copyright means journalists effectively become their own agents and can sell their story many times over. The issue has been a major concern in the industry as highlighted in the USA by the Tasini vs. New York Times ruling, which meant publishers no longer had an automatic right to include a freelancer's work in electronic databases. In France, too, recent negotiations between the SNJ union and Le Figaro resulted in additional payments for journalists when stories are used on the paper's web site. The clear need for a journalist's work to be protected against copyright abuse explains why we have such comprehensive guidelines for publications buying copy through us.