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Jan 19, 2021
Virginia Court Overturns Business Tax on Freelance Authors
Jan 19, 2021
2021 Dramatists Guild Council Election
Jan 12, 2021
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Jan 04, 2021
New Works Now In The Public Domain By F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Virginia Woolf, and More
Dec 22, 2020
December 2020 Newsletter: PBS, Letters to the New President, Authors Coalition Survey
Dec 02, 2020
2021 Authors Coalition Survey: Please Help Us Help You (Guild Members Only)
Dec 02, 2020
Member Dues - Pay What You Can
Nov 20, 2020
Letter to Audible: Stop Charging Authors for Returns
Nov 13, 2020
New Digital Rights Agreement
Oct 21, 2020
Public Domain Update: Tom Lehrer's Lyrics

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