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Political Forum (DemocraticUnderground) Fights Back Against Righthaven Copyright Suit
Kansas City Infozine ^
| 9.28.10
| Staff infoZine
Posted on 09/28/2010 12:24:34 PM PDT by rface
Democratic Underground -- represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Winston & Strawn LLP, and attorney Chad Bowers -- was sued by Righthaven on August 10 for a five-sentence excerpt of a Las Vegas Review-Journal news story that a user posted on the forum.........
"Democratic Underground is the largest independent discussion forum for liberals on the Internet. (Several) people discuss and debate political issues on our site every day, particularly now during erection season. Online discussion often requires quoting from news sources -- a legal fair use of the material," said Democratic Underground founder David Allen. "By targeting short excerpts of news articles with their sham copyright claims, Righthaven is chilling free and open discussion on the Internet."
(Excerpt) Read more at infozine.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: copyrightlaw
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please excuse any typos.....cut/paste doesn''t work too good.
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reminds me of WashPost FReeper lawsuit.....and how the DUmmies cheered.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:24:40 PM PDT
by
rface
To: rface
...particularly now during erection season.please excuse any typos...
For the laugh...you're forgiven.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:26:34 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: rface
best typo in a long time... erection season.
To: rface
“during erection season”
Why didn’t I get that memo?
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:27:02 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: rface
Freud, Paging Dr. Freud..
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:28:08 PM PDT
by
tje
To: rface
...particularly now during erection season.
Great. Now we're gonna get sued by Cialis.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:29:09 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Obama, Pelosi and Reid - the Trio of Twits)
To: rface
...people discuss and debate political issues on our site every day, particularly now during erection season. IS THIS ANOTHER BARNEY FRANK THREAD?.................
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:29:09 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: philman_36
I thought that was in the spring.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:29:30 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: rface
“Democratic Underground is the largest independent discussion forum for liberals on the Internet”
That’s not saying much.
And really it is unfair to say that when every APOLITICAL forum I’ve ever been on (music, films, social, etc.) has been threadhijacked by angry uberlibs with nutty conspiracy theories about Bush stealing elections, Cheney being a puppetmaster, 9-11 being an inside job, teabagger this, Beck that...
There are much bigger forums of liberals.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:29:45 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: rface
Erection season? Haha.
SnakeDoc
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
SnakeDoctor
("When you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow." -- Teddy Roosevelt)
To: rface
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
fml
To: ShadowAce
For a conservative, it is ‘coming’ this November...
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:30:38 PM PDT
by
Mr Rogers
(When the ass brays, don't reply...)
To: Red Badger
Subtle Chi-com spam for viagr@.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:30:38 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: MPJackal
It’s so hard figuring out this eRection season..
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:30:46 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
To: rface
Have to agree with DU. LVRJ and Righthaven are simply trying a hail mary pass to some new revenue streams.
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:31:08 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
To: a fool in paradise
Well, I dunno......we were talking about DU after all.......................
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:32:01 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: rface; Jim Robinson; kristinn
Can’t laugh too hard on this one since Free Republic got sued by these Righthaven creeps too.
To: rface
“cut/paste doesn’’t work too good.”
cut/paste doesn’t work too WELL
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:33:28 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Erection season? We don't need no erections in our happy homeland................
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:34:11 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
To: reagan_fanatic
Now we're gonna get sued by Cialis. It depends. Was it for more than 4 hours?
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posted on
09/28/2010 12:34:30 PM PDT
by
melancholy
(It ain't Camelot, it's Scam-a-lot! Zero is no Zorro and Apette is no Antoinette!)
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