Huffington Post is being sued. Arianna made a fortune on the AOL deal earlier this year, and the writers who produced free content for her want a chunk of her payoff. According to the New York Times,

The suit seeks at least $105 million in damages for more than 9,000 writers.

The case raises significant unsettled questions about the rights of writers in the digital age and, at the very least, promises to offer a palette of colorful characters on each side.

Even thought the plaintiff don't have a shot at winning, I think this case is interesting for a lot of reasons. There are some colorful characters involved. We might have to stick our big toe in the murky waters of unpaid content on the Internet, and the dangerous trend towards unpaid work in general. No more free editing of Wikipedia pages, no more adjunct work, no more unpaid interns at law firms.