Las Vegas Review-Journal Sues Disabled Vet (Free Republic)

Townhall ^

[AmericaOne]

You might try sending your ideas direct to Jim Robinson, owner of this website. It is his call and his alone as to whether he moves FR’s site registration offshore to Panama or elsewhere to avoid harassment lawsuits like this. If he says no, then at least you can say you tried.

Just type in Jim Robinson in the ‘To:’ box and send your idea directly to him. Or send him a private Freepmail.

Your idea is a good one to potentially avoid harrassment lawsuits like this from the LVRJ, but again, you need to bring this directly to Jim Robinson’s attention.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

This is pathetic.

I understand and know the need for copyright laws, but sometimes it becomes a joke. I would think the Las Vegas news people would appreciate more hits, more traffic and more intrest in their product which is news reporting. Dying newspapers will continue to die and they deserve it.

[calex59]

Contribute to the FReepathon and that will help Jim as much as anything.

[Billthedrill]

Near as I can tell the LVRJ hasn't made any direct comment on it yet. They weren't on the FR "do not post" list because they hadn't asked to be. These are attorneys making a claim on their behalf, but I'm wondering if it's actually in their interest.

[Cyber Liberty]

You mean I can't get you to move John's web servers offshore? What's the world coming to?

;^)

[Cyber Liberty]

I forgot the /u, as you can see...

[Mr. Jeeves]

To complicate matters even further, all article pages at the Las Vegas Review-Journal include links encouraging members to share the content on social networking sites. These links share the title and URL of the article, but provide little guidance to the average person, of what they are or aren’t allowed to post.

Any knowledgeable judge should instantly throw out the lawsuit based on the existence of those links, which are tantamount to an invitation to the public to "give away our content".

If the RJ doesn't like it, they can sell Bloomberg-like terminals to their subscribers for $100/month and make that the only means of accessing their content. Two or three people might even buy one. :)

[AlmaKing]

That looks like Monument Valley. If that’s the case, that’s not Arizona, but Utah.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“Oh, people are listening. I’ve noticed you posting this data before. You don’t really expect people to openly discuss such a thing here, if they’re considering such a move, do you?”

I suppose you may be right. I have always been an impatient person. Yesterday was not soon enough and today and tomorrow are too late in these types of things.

As you say, publicly yammering about it may not be good. After all, one does not give away one’s war plans. Quite possibly Jim is working on it. But, these things in Panama only take a few days and not a few weeks or months. This fact is what is bothering me; and hence, as I see it, this could have been accomplished a long time ago.

Never the less, thank you for telling me cool my heels and in a polite way to shut up....

:)

[MARTIAL MONK]

That’s one of the “Mittens”. It’s about a half-mile below the line. The far background is Utah.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for your post.

I am sure JR or someone close to him has been reading these posts so no need to waste my time.

The important thing is to get a hold of Free Dominion, if he hasn’t already, to get a direct line to their folks here in Panama. Soon isn’t soon enough.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

God bless JimRob!

[Nevadan]

It looks like to me that the big objection in the lawsuit involves the posting of articles that are of specific interest to Nevadans. That somehow the posting of these articles take money out of the RJ’s pocket. The list in the lawsuit also included articles re: Sharron Angle. Of course, what happens in Nevada regarding the US Senate race is of nationwide interest, not simply state interest. Imagine if this lawsuit mentality were to be applied nationwide. The results would be devastating - not only to sites such as Free Republic, but also to the dissemination of news.

[a fool in paradise]

Jim Thompson was unavailable for comment.

[JRandomFreeper]

We'll be having lots o' new trolls with the publicity.

/johnny

[Buckeye McFrog]

maybe we can get every conservative blog and website on the planet to hold a “post an article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal Day” ?

I AM SPARTACUS!

[mnehring]

Kind of like draw Mohammed day

[bcsco]

That looks like Monument Valley. If that’s the case, that’s not Arizona, but Utah.

Monument Valley covers portions of both Arizona and Utah. Many of the movies were filmed in Arizona.

[Windflier]

thank you for telling me cool my heels and in a polite way to shut up....

Heh... I do try to be polite, but I was actually trying to reassure you. Don't be hard on yourself. You've planted a seed, and given many people a back-up plan, should things go south in a hurry.

[Cyber Liberty]

It looks like to me that the big objection in the lawsuit involves the posting of articles that are of specific interest to Nevadans.

I agree with you. Can you tell me if the LVRJ is a large or small circulation paper? Independent or large corporation? I know if it were a Gannett property, it would be a link-only source.