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BACK ROYALTIES FOR WRITERS!

melissamarquais	Date: August 25, 2005 @ 8:36 PM I am an Artist on this site. I also collect royalties for writers who are not being paid, and I rescind copyrights. The statute of limitations to collect back royalties is 7 years. (You can collect anyway if you can back up your claim and you can afford to go to court) This is a terrible catch 22 for writers. If the publisher doesn't pay the writer for his/her work, how can a writer afford to hire an attorney to go after them? By the time they can do something about it the law says its too late to collect. I am trying to get a bill passed by Congress to change this. You can e-mail me directly from my page here if you're interested even if you reply on the forum. Thanks. Melissa Marquais
Intergalacti...	Date: September 5, 2005 @ 6:34 PM Hey I'm interested in this I don't hugely know what your talkin about and don't understand you properly but it seems like a subject that I would like to get involved with
GeneHilbert	Date: September 5, 2005 @ 11:19 PM Melissa - good work and good luck..... just another screwing by the RIAA... no surprise here.
mattbanx	Date: September 5, 2005 @ 11:26 PM The system uses that damn statue of limitations bit even with the worst of crimes. I wish you all the best.
hantu	Date: September 5, 2005 @ 11:27 PM yup