What? No Settlement? Shocking!

 "I am the father of two sons and two daughters with child-rearing costs. The main benefit to me of an improved settlement in this case is that my dear wife of 20 years might stop reminding me of what a worthless piece of garbage I am."

        -- Irvin Muchnick Declaration 2006


As a Cat Stevens lyric goes--"The seconds tick the time down."

We approach the September 30 deadline for a revised settlement in the Freelance writers class action suit and there is nothing but a deafening silence.  As written here since the inception of this blog, there was never ANY chance of a new settlement. 

Evil blight Irvin Muchnick started this mess eight years ago when he objected to a fair settlement that would have paid millions of dollars to thousands of writers, many of whom are now unemployed.  The vast majority in the class were happy with the settlement.  Muchnick fought his way through the legal system and "won" his point on a technicality years later.  By winning, freelance writers lost big time.  And this maniac has the gall to call his website "Freelance Rights."

Muchnick is so out of touch with reality that he claimed the value of the settlement to be anywhere from $600 million to $2.6 billion.  Years later, the idiot was willing to back a revised settlement that would have paid just about the $18 million dollar amount of the original settlement.

Of course, any rational person knew that the publishers and defendants really have no incentive to settle this matter now, years down the road.  The value of the illegally re-used articles have been reduced significantly. 

I thank the people who have read my blogs for their support.  If I can prevent one person from ever dealing with Muchnick, it will have been worth the effort.

Muchnick, who recently was forced to settle a defamation suit from a 17-year-old minor, is pure evil.  Stay away from him, AT ALL COSTS. 

SIDE NOTE--Muchnick recently claimed to have passed 3 million page views on his blog.  Using his accounting method, we're proud to announce our 1 billionth page view yesterday.

Update October 1--The deadline has now come and gone.  Apparently there is a new deadline of October 15.  How long will this sadistic game drag on?  I know there will be no revised settlement, but how many writers are being strung along with false hope?  Every passing week brings a smile to failed writer Muchnick.  To the attorney handling the alleged new settlement--just cut everyone loose already.  False hope is so much worse than no hope.  All you're doing is allowing Muchnick to revel in his sociopathic glee.