Writers’ groups settle royalties legal fight with Screenrights

November 7, 2018 10:38

Scriptwriters’ groups, the Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society and Australian Writers’ Guild, have settled their legal fight with royalties collection agency Screenrights.

The case was launched in 2016 with the two groups claiming Screenrights engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by falsely claiming it was representing scriptwriters and had misdirected royalties due to writers over the past two decades.

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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