Tag: Fair Use

Righthaven Strategy Called a “Dumb Idea” By Denver Post Publisher
Righthaven's blogger-suing (often referred to as "copyright troll") business model might be winding down. Though still appealing past rulings, the company has...
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Righthaven May File for Bankruptcy: Report
Things don't appear to be looking too great for Righthaven these days. After losing some key fair use cases, the company stopped filing suits altogether, and got rid of a lawyer th...
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Righthaven Stops Filing Suits (At Least for Now)
Righthaven, which has made a business out of suing people for alleged copyright infringement (see background stories here...
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Righthaven Loses Another Fair Use Case, Ordered to Pay $34K in Legal Fees
Righthaven was dealt another blow in a Nevada federal court, as it was ordered to pay over $34,000 to cover the legal fees of the defendant it had just sued (and lost). For som...
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Blink 182 Has Fun With YouTube Copyright Infringement
Fair use is an issue that will not have much resolution going forward. Users want to have some creative control over songs they own, and the governing bodies that by have a much m...
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Demand Media Threatens “Demand Studios Sucks” with Legal Action
A blog and forum site called DemandStudiosSucks.com has been threatened with legal action by Demand Media, the company behind Demand Studios. The letter the site received has been...
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Another Righthaven Copyright Case Thrown Out, Only To Be Filed Again
Righthaven lost another copyright case, this time in Nevada. The "company" seems to be losing a lot lately, but this time, they have decided to refile the suit right after the case...
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Huffington Post Suspends Writer After Taking Too Much From an AdAge Story
Simon Dumenco at AdAge posted a story today about how the Huffington Post regurgitated one of hi...
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To Righthaven’s Dismay, Judge Rules Copying of Entire Article Fair Use
Righthaven was dealt another blow in court this week when a judge ruled that one of the defendants it was suing over copyright infringement had fairly reposted an entire article fr...
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Righthaven Complaint Dismissed in Key Case
Righthaven, the company often referred to as a "copyright troll," which has essentially made a business out of suing bloggers and media outlets over alleged copyright infringement,...
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Righthaven Files Suit Against Ars Technica Writer, Quickly Dismisses It
Eriq Gardner, a journalist who contributed this ar...
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Copying an Entire Article Without Permission – OK in Some Cases?
Last month, we asked whether full article-copying could be ruled as fair use. We...
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Righthaven Appeals Fair Use Ruling
Righthaven has reportedly appealed a court ruling from last fall, which deemed the use of 8 sentences of one of its clients' 30-sentence article "fair use". The ruling...
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Could Full Article-Copying Be Ruled as Fair Use?
We've written about Righthaven a couple times. This is a company with a business model based on suing publishers and bloggers on behalf of newspaper clients like the Las Vegas R...
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Testing the Fair Use Balance
Remember Righthaven? That's the company with the business model of suing bloggers over copyright that ignited one of the more recent fair use controversy debates. A...
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