Globe & Mail settles IP case for $11 million
Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper says its parent company, CTVglobemedia Inc, and Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd and The Gale Group Inc, will pay $11-million to settle a class action lawsuit brought against it freelancers and other contributors claiming they weren’t properly compensated for the electronic reproduction of their works. The suit was launched by author Heather Robertson 13 years ago. In 1995 she, “wrote several articles that were published in the Globe and Mail,” says the Wikipedia , going on »»» Later, the newspaper stored copies of her articles on three databases, including Info Globe Online, an online database of Globe and Mail articles, as well as the Canadian Periodical Index.
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Globe & Mail settles IP case for $11 million
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