All claims in the freelance writers class action lawsuit must be filed by Friday, September 30. There's still time to do it, since claims can be filed online at the official claims administration website, www.copyrightclassaction.com. (If you're filing a claim for a work for which the copyright is registered, be sure to mail to the claims administrator a printout from the Copyright Office website showing your copyright registration by September 30.)
The process is quick and straightforward.
1. Click on "Claim Form" on the menu at the left on the home page for copyrightclassaction.com
2. When the page labeled "Claim Form" appears, click on the link at the bottom of the page, where it says "To access the Online Claim Form, please click here."
3. When the next page, with large boxes for Claim ID and Control Numbers appears, click the link at the bottom of the page saying "If you do not have a preprinted clim number of control number but would like to file a claim on-line, please click here" (unless, of course, you already have a Claim ID and Control Number).
Then follow the directions for entering your personal contact information and for making your claims. The process goes quite quickly. Please the Claim ID and Control Number you're assigned after you submit your claim. You use those numbers to log back in to claim additional articles.
Although several months ago we posted the link to the official claim administration website, www.copyrightclassaction.com, we see we haven't sent that link to those of you who signed on to the freelancerights.com mailing list. If you haven't received notice from the claims administrator or a writers' group about the deadline, we apologize, and the Authors Guild will provide all the help it can to assist you in filing your claim. Send an e-mail to staff@authorsguild.com and include in the subject line "freelancerights.com" and we'll get right back to you.
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