[Jim Robinson]

"She also ruled that the organization didn't violate his copyright by presenting the snippets in a way that misrepresented his views. "Plaintiff's allegation that defendants repackaged the original, misportraying its meaning and message, creates a presumption that the work is transformative," she wrote. Copying material for transformative purposes, such as commentary, is generally considered fair use."

[Westlander]

Well Jim, this opens up a lot of possibilities on FR.

[Abathar]

"Susan Yvonne Illston is a San Francisco, California-based judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 and confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1995. Prior to her appointment, she had served in private practice in Burlingame, California. She is a graduate of Duke University and Stanford Law School. She is considered to be a liberal activist judge."

Of course...

[Long Island Pete]

I love it. Take that Weiner. Now you can get back to stabbing conservatives in the back and being jealous of other talk show hosts that have more talent than you.

[Old Mountain man]

I am shocked! Shocked I tell you! To think that an honorable Klinton appointee would treat Savage that way!

/saracasm off

[Soliton]

Michael Sewage lost? Thank God he didn’t waste his own money!

[NonValueAdded]

Whoa! Holy blockquote, Batman, does this open us up for embedded commentary for AP work product?

[camerakid400]

2 Attorneys dissagree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjy-sWJCZxA

[rottndog]

So Wiener got slapped....

[Checkers]

liberal Weiner gets slapped down

[dynachrome]

And AP will, of course, stop threatening lawsuits over copyright infringement, right?/sarc

(As a Savage fan, I still expected this. Fair use should cover a lot of ground. I still wanted to see CAIR dragged thru court via discovery, though.)

[Saundra Duffy]

I love Michael Savage.

[Checkers]

ping