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Political Forum (DemocraticUnderground) Fights Back Against Righthaven Copyright Suit
Kansas City Infozine ^ | 9.28.10 | Staff infoZine

Posted on 09/28/2010 12:24:34 PM PDT by rface

Democratic Underground -- represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Winston & Strawn LLP, and attorney Chad Bowers -- was sued by Righthaven on August 10 for a five-sentence excerpt of a Las Vegas Review-Journal news story that a user posted on the forum.........

"Democratic Underground is the largest independent discussion forum for liberals on the Internet. (Several) people discuss and debate political issues on our site every day, particularly now during erection season. Online discussion often requires quoting from news sources -- a legal fair use of the material," said Democratic Underground founder David Allen. "By targeting short excerpts of news articles with their sham copyright claims, Righthaven is chilling free and open discussion on the Internet."

(Excerpt) Read more at infozine.com ...


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To: cripplecreek

This needs to be combined into a class-action suit against LVJR and Righthaven. Fighting 1 on 1 is a losing proposition. By joining together, they will have the combined resources to hammer this bunch.


41 posted on 09/28/2010 1:08:49 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: antiRepublicrat

That wasn’t how the Supreme Court saw it when radio came along. Big Media had to buy legislation to protect their interests.


42 posted on 09/28/2010 1:09:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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To: philman_36

Years ago a buddy of mine worked for a sign company. Across the back of the crane truck it read;
“If you need an erection, call us”


43 posted on 09/28/2010 1:09:17 PM PDT by Roccus (......and then there were none.)
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To: rface

Sometimes you just have to chuckle, acknowledge the post was hopelessly screwed up, and try again from square one.


44 posted on 09/28/2010 1:09:45 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (+)
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To: rface

DU also bans conservatives MUCH more rapidly than in the past. Just tried to sneak in ONE actual fact about taxes and BANG—banned for life!!


45 posted on 09/28/2010 1:10:28 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: rface

DU also bans conservatives MUCH more rapidly than in the past. Just tried to sneak in ONE actual fact about taxes and BANG—banned for life!! Perhaps I should have added some dirty words!!!


46 posted on 09/28/2010 1:11:03 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: a fool in paradise

Radio was considered to be free promotion of music.The big outcry with radio was that it would make the musicians go broke and eliminate the need for live performances. That didn’t happen of course.


47 posted on 09/28/2010 1:24:34 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Roccus
Across the back of the crane truck it read; “If you need an erection, call us”
The multitude of ED pharmers should adopt that.
48 posted on 09/28/2010 1:30:06 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: antiRepublicrat

Radio stations had to pay into a fund (a tax as it were) to fund live music performances to ensure the continued employment of live musicians (dates back to the 1920s and still exists).


49 posted on 09/28/2010 1:30:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Very interesting.


50 posted on 09/28/2010 1:31:32 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

Time was singing a song was also considered “free publicity” (or unchargeable).

The money was in PUBLISHING sheet music. You could sing a song from the stage (e.g. vaudeville) or on a record without paying the songwriter.

The songwriters would even hire song pluggers to get them INTO musical acts and pay shills to sing along to the songs from the audience so rubes would want to buy that song and be able to sing it too (50 cents a song).

This understanding of copyright law was changed too as recording took hold. Now even kids around a campfire have to pay songwriter royalties.


51 posted on 09/28/2010 1:33:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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To: Red Badger

Raugh Out Roud!


52 posted on 09/28/2010 1:33:12 PM PDT by RedMDer (Throw Them Out! Forward With Confidence!)
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To: RedMDer

It’s so ronery in NK this time of epoch..................


53 posted on 09/28/2010 1:36:33 PM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
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To: raccoonradio

bump for later


54 posted on 09/28/2010 2:16:13 PM PDT by freebird5850 (When 0bama fails, FREEDOM prevails!)
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To: a fool in paradise
Now even kids around a campfire have to pay songwriter royalties.

Yes, now it's getting stupid as the copyright cartel tries to erase the concept of fair use and lock down our entire culture for their profit.

55 posted on 09/28/2010 2:58:32 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: rface
We need to keep track of what DU does in this case. Many of their "members" or "posters" ~ whatever they're called are undoubtedly psychotic ~ now, if some of them are psychopathic as well, Righthaven may have made a deadly mistake.

Be interesting to see how this plays out.

56 posted on 10/14/2010 3:33:28 PM PDT by muawiyah ("GIT OUT THE WAY" The Republicans are coming)
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