Tobias summarizes a topic very well. :)

[netmouse]

If anyone interested in the SFWA DMCA abuse story has not read Tobias Buckell's summary, with quotes from many people including a Coda from the SFWA president, I recommend you do.

(Long story short: SFWA used a DMCA-based request to pull copywrited material from document sharing site Scribd; their list was flawed, and the site pulled material from authors SFWA was not authorized to represent -- material the authors actually wanted to have up there. Many authors railed about the abuse of authority and posted more public material just to demo that it's all right (a win for the public, IMHO). SFWA promises it will not happen again.)

ETA: Steven Silver points to what he says is an even better write-up on Scalzi's blog

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[atdt1991.livejournal.com]

I assume, looking at the link, that SFWA stands for Science Fiction Writer's Association?

[netmouse.livejournal.com]

Actually, SFWA (http://www.sfwa.org/) stands for Science Fiction Writers of America, but you were close.

[atdt1991.livejournal.com]

*grin* I've heard nothing about this before you posted it, but I was potentially interested. :) Fortunately, I was nosy enough to click things when I had no idea what they were. :D

[sethb.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

They're writers; counting isn't their thing.