Posted on 05/06/2004 10:36:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 05/06/2004 10:41:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Received another letter from Gannett Publications, publisher of USAToday, and several other newspapers. Due to contractual arrangements they have with third-party content providers, they have denied our request to allow posting of excerpts. They will only allow the posting of titles and links.
Please do not post full text or even excerpts from the following Gannett Web sites:
GANNETT NEWSPAPERS ON THE WEB:
Alabama
The Montgomery Advertiser
Arizona
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix
Tucson Citizen
Arkansas
The Baxter Bulletin
California
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs
The Salinas Californian
Tulare Advance-Register
Visalia Times-Delta
Colorado
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Connecticut
Norwich Bulletin
Delaware
The News Journal, Wilmington
Florida
FLORIDA TODAY, Brevard County
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Pensacola News Journal
Georgia
The Times, Gainesville
Guam
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Hawaii
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Idaho
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Illinois
Rockford Register Star
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Chronicle-Tribune, Marion
The Star Press, Muncie
Palladium-Item, Richmond
Iowa
The Des Moines Register
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Kentucky
The Courier-Journal, Louisville
Louisiana
The Town Talk, Alexandria
The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette
The News-Star, Monroe
Daily World, Opelousas
The Times, Shreveport
Maryland
The Daily Times, Salisbury
Michigan
Battle Creek Enquirer
The Detroit News
and Free Press
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Times Herald, Port Huron
Minnesota
St. Cloud Times
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Springfield News-Leader
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Great Falls Tribune
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Home News Tribune, East Brunswick
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New York
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Star-Gazette, Elmira
The Ithaca Journal
Poughkeepsie Journal
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Observer-Dispatch, Utica
The Journal News, Westchester County
North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times
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Newspaper Network of Central Ohio
Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus
Chillicothe Gazette
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Coshocton Tribune
The News-Messenger, Fremont
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News Journal, Mansfield
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News Herald, Port Clinton
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Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat
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Statesman Journal, Salem
Pennsylvania
Public Opinion, Chambersburg
Clipper Magazine, Inc, Mountville
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The Greenville News
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Argus Leader, Sioux Falls
Tennessee
The Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville
Williamson County Review Appeal, Franklin
The Jackson Sun
The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro
The Tennessean, Nashville
Utah
The Spectrum, St. George
Vermont
The Burlington Free Press
Virginia
The Daily News Leader, Staunton
Washington
The Bellingham Herald
The Olympian, Olympia
West Virginia
The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington
Wisconsin
The Post-Crescent, Appleton
The Reporter, Fond du Lac
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OTHER NEWSPAPER DIVISION WEB SITES
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USA TODAY
USA TODAY
USA WEEKEND
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GANNETT U.K. LTD.
Newsquest Media Group
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Alamogordo Daily News
Carlsbad Current-Argus
The Deming Headlight
El Paso Times
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Las Cruces Sun-News
Silver City Sun-News
CAPTIVATE NETWORK
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Daily Echo, Bournemouth
Dorset Echo
Swindon Evening Advertiser
The Argus, Brighton
Basildon/Southend Evening Echo
Colchester Evening Gazette
Evening Press, York
Lancashire Evening Telegraph
The Northern Echo
Oxford Mail
South Wales Argus
Southern Daily Echo
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Worcester Evening News
The Herald, Scotland
Evening Times, Glasgow
Sunday Herald, Scotland
You know I'd be more than happy to help, Jim. They simply can't take any action at all for brief excerpts -- 150 words, maximum -- if the original source is credited and linked.
In order to protect Freerepublic LLC from lawsuits and Copyright infringement issues:
1. Join Google mail...1 meg storage
2. Cut and paste 'News' article into e-mail.../ ...send to self.
3. Either re-write/paraphrase, or do-not atribute ...a 3 or 4 line semi-quote, preceeded by {ie}.
4. get tired of all that...
5. Start Offshore (TeeHee) outsourcing legal research. </sarcasmexcerptdisclaimer... <&BR>
This content is the sole responsibitity and opinion of the poster...kemosabe
btw; this action is mostlikely being done to prevent watchfull reportage of the coming election lies and agit-prop.
CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com/ seems to do something like this. That would require that we all improve our distillation prowess in paraphrasing the story of interest.
It seems there is someone who may be out to get FR by sending e-mails to them about the use (and that's fair use, by the way, Jim) of articles being posted here.
I can only think of one person who would do something like this, as he has openly bragged about "sending e-mails all over the place" regarding this website.
It is already starting.
On threads with an excerpt, a person will come along and post more excerpts from the article.
Have you explored the possibility of a declaratory judgment actions to resolve the scope of "fair use" here? It's got to be bigger than titles and hyperlinks. Or is it too risky to find out "the rule"?
If an article can't be posted here, then there is no point in even reading it. Garnett is naive because it is as if they never published.
Then they wonder why newspapers are dying.
I sure hope so. Here is my $0.02.
The strategy has to have multiple parts. Part 1 must be to CYA until we are safe...we have to play by the rules. I would think this probably means some sort of bot limiting posting of content from restricted sources.
Part 2 is to set the stage legally. This means several things, one of which is to choose the jurisdiction in which you want to fight. A second, is to find a legal representative. This may mean legal freepathons, or better yet, approaching a conservative public interest law firm like the Institute for Justice. Another, and this is something FReepers can do better than anyone else on earth, is criticize them. Many FReepers frequent 'liberal' sites like DU. Anytime we notice a post from someone who has restricted us, send them notice, CCing FR. Build an archive of notifications of violations. If they do not aggressively protect their copyright, they have no grounds to stop us. This will cost them time, money and effort and aggravate other leftist sites.
Stage 3 will be gradually reinclude their content here. The first phase of it might be to post excerpts, then have forum members (or better yet, bots posing as forum members) post additional excerpts. As long as we have a substantial series of notifications of other sites, they will have little ground to stop us.
Stage 4 will be the actual litigation. With proper preparation, we can ensure that we have won before we set foot in a court.
Ultimately, I think what we do is very clearly entirely under fair use. And I am confident that the USSC would agree. However, I have serious doubts about other courts (9th circuit clowns). However, with proper preparation, FR will be able not only to protect itself, but to help the cause of freedom in America for all. But a big part of that preparation will be to ensure that we have the monetary and legal resources to go all the way to the top if we have to.
some of those same folks have requested a stop to the publishing of their web stuff.
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