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Blogger Beware

by: The Angelic One

Wed May 04, 2011 at 09:30:11 AM EDT


My friend Richard Howe Jr. posted an interesting observation on his blog that should act as a warning/wake-up call to all bloggers regardless of their political views.

The New York Times yesterday reported that a company from Nevada, Righthaven LLC, has entered into an arrangement with Media News Group (the owner of the Lowell Sun and many other newspapers) whereby Righthaven scours the internet for people using copyrighted articles and photographs from Media News Group papers and, when they find such an instance, they get an assignment of certain rights from Media News Group and then immediately file suit against the blogger. A suit against a 20 year old young man with a severe disability who lives with his mother in North Carolina who had used a photo that had originally appeared in the Denver Post (a Media News Group paper) brought this practice into the national spotlight.

I'm not surprised by this episode; I'm just surprised it didn't occur sooner. I don't know if Righthaven's tactics will survive judicial scrutiny if put to the test but it will have a chilling effect on blogging. If anything, this situation underscores the importance of blogs/bloggers developing original content for themselves & the audience they cultivate. What say you, O denizens of Red Mass Group?
The Angelic One :: Blogger Beware
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Blogger Beware | 5 comments
What say you? (5.00 / 1)
What say you ... you ask?

[Clearing Throat] IT'LL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL! I SAID C O L D   D A Y   I N   H E L L , WHEN R4 (thaaaaat's ME!) LETS RIGHTHAVEN LLC TELL HIM HOW TO BLOG!


Molon Labe

Here's Another Way To State Your Objection (5.00 / 1)
"The only way Righthaven'll stop me from blogging is when they pry the mouse & keyboard from my cold dead hands!"
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LOL That's Awesome Angelic One! (0.00 / 0)


Molon Labe
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Interesting (0.00 / 0)
You should know opening photographs in notepad reveals a wealth of information and warnings about this most of the time. If you see "This photograph is protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Licensing requests should be sent to photosales@nytimes.com" you may want to think twice about using it, but I thought this was common sense. Here try it

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepa...


Common Sense Isn't So Common (0.00 / 0)
Which is why this country is swarming with armies of lawyers. Blogging is still in its "Wild West" phase. We'll see what comes out of Righthaven's strong-arm tactics.
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Blogger Beware | 5 comments
Adverstise here for as low as $60 per week.








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