Another writer reports that an editor pleasantly agreed to the ASJA-recommended changes in FC's standard terms. A fairer initial offer would save editors' and writers' time and avoid the appearance that the publisher is playing Find the Fool. Like a well-coached witness, he conveniently omits the rest of the story. Those freelancers will be competing with the Voice. That's hardly a fair deal, and freelancers know it.
Word is that precious few have given in.
The paragraph was cut. When he pointed out that he had changed the magazine's standard all rights clause to first North American, the publisher quickly agreed to pay for its seven months of unauthorized online use. The piece had appeared under a first Canadian serial rights contract in a magazine that died a short time later. In TotalNews, with a click, computer users view outside content in a window on the screen. The simultaneous presence of the host's logo and ads, which compete with ads from the original site, alarms the publishers.