Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Copyright Class Action Settlement - Claim Form & Dates Info

Get your refund of $1,500 to $60 per work by participating into the Copyright Class Action Settlement at copyrightclassaction.com.

Before digitally republishing any writer’s work, publishing company has to take permission of writer and need to agree on giving compensation as per their agreement. Recently, New York federal judge has approved a class action that state that some of the companies have violated the copyright act.

Copyright Class Action Settlement to get refund on copyrighted work of yours

As per the class action settlement, many companies have digitally published writer’s work without offering any kind of compensation to writers. This action of companies violates the copyright law. So, every company who has violated copyright law by digitally republishing writers’ work without compensation is included into this settlement.

This class action includes all class members who own a copyright under U.S. copyright laws in an English language literary work any time after August 14, 1997. Lawsuit considers all copyrighted work of writers that has been reproduced, displayed, sold and/or distributed in an electronic format and have minimum one identified databases or publishers without the person’s authorization.

Deadline to file claim into the settlement is September 30, 2005 and last date to exclude from the Copyright Class Action settlement is May 9, 2014. Refund to writers varies as per their work. Refund amount varies from $1,500 to $60 per work. Final hearing of class action will be on June 10, 2014. For further details and court documents, you can visit official site of settlement www.copyrightclassaction.com.

Highlights of Copyright Class Action Settlement:

Official site of Copyright Class Action Settlement: www.copyrightclassaction.com

Address of claim administrator:
Literary Works in Electronic Databases Copyright Litigation
c/o GCG
P.O. Box 10032
Dublin, OH 43017-6632
1-877-900-4430
CopyrightSettlement@girardgibbs.com

Last date to exclude from settlement: May 9, 2014
Final hearing date: June 10, 2014
Refund: Varies per class member from $1,500 to $60 per work

Class Counsel:
Michael J. Boni
BONI & ZACK LLC
Diana S. Rice
HOSIE RICE LLP
A.J. De Bartolomeo
GIRARD GIBBS LLP
Charles Chalmers
ALLEGIANCE LITIGATION

Defense councel:
Charles S. Sims
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
Keyword: Copyright Class Action Settlement - Copyright Class Action Settlement claim

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