AP Beginning New Crack Down on Blog Critics? Shuts Down Blog With Legal Threats

Newsbusters.org ^ | 3/1/08 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mad Dawgg]

"If it’s for profit then you may have a problem. One of the tests of fair use is the nature of the use. Generally this means it should be for an educational purpose although there have been some exceptions for things like satire. I thought this was one of the Jim’s problems because although the site is free he supports it through donations which could be construed as a non mandatory “fee” from users."

Well, I know its done with blurbs from news shows and such (Rush has had several on that are professional recordings with music and blurbs from Al Gore and Jesse Jackson and such.)

I've read several sources on the net that say it is kosher as long as you don't make the blurbs the MAJOR portion of the song and not all from one source either and is either satire/parody or laudatory in nature. But knowing how the RIAA operates it figures the Movie Industry would sue people just because they have the lawyers sitting around waiting for such things.