mikesd81 writes "Coloumbia Journal Review writes about unionizing bloggers. Chris Mooney writes "Yes, dear reader: the Bloggers Guild of America may be on its way. The dispute between screen and television writers and media conglomerates has its roots, after all, in the Web." He says, then, they get zero compensation for their products being distributed over the Internet. "Bloggers often earn that same salary. There are exceptions, of course, those fortunate few who have become quasi-celebrities in their own right and found themselves, and their sites, snatched up by major media companies," he goes on to say. He also adds that a bloggers guild could protect a bloggers intellectual property and help ensure they're compensated for it. He mentions that it could be as such: the most successful writers take the initiative to organize, because they're the ones who will actually be listened to by employers. Then, they'll set up a structure that separates the workhorse bloggers (those who make large collective sites like Daily Kos and The Huffington Post possible) from the pure "hobbyists." But he does offer any suggestions on how you would chose who is a work horse and who is not."
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Learn to write before expecting money (Score:1)