[Lazamataz]

You want to beat them at this?

Up the operating costs a bit (read: fundraise), hire two writers, and have them be the only two who can post articles. They can interpret what they see on the wires. That will make all of our content original material.

You cannot copyright facts, just the presentation of them.

[GeronL]

lol. They would hate that.

Plus, why do some sites NOT want to have their articles linked to? How crazy are they?

[I Shall Endure]

“You cannot copyright facts, just the presentation of them.”

Not always true. There’s a “hot news” exception.

[monkeyshine]

Yes, witness the rise of open media, reporting on the reports. It will happen.

[CharlesMartelsGhost]

Courts may be tiring of copyright trolls, like Righthaven, A Federal Judge in Las Vegas tells Righthaven to show cause as to why lawsuit should not be dismissed.

Link here: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/22/judge-righthaven-show-why-lawsuit-shouldnt-be-dism/

As Law Professor Goldman opined: “It could be that the judge already assumes the defendants made a fair use and is wondering if Righthaven has anything persuasive to convince him otherwise. More likely, the judge is aware of the Realty One opinion and wants Righthaven to help explain how this case differs. Either way, this is not a good development for Righthaven; but if it’s the latter, it’s not necessarily bad as Righthaven can distinguish the situations on several grounds,” said Goldman, associate professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law in California and director of the High Tech Law Institute there.

“Even so, the fact the judge raised this issue unprompted is a sign that judges want to clear their dockets of low-merit cases, even if they have to jumpstart that inquiry themselves,” Goldman added.

[Jim Robinson]

We are now officially registered with the copyright office for DMCA “safe harbor” provisions:

http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm#copyright

If someone posts too much of a copyrighted article to FR, DMCA says the copyright holder must send us a formal takedown notice. It cost us an arm and a leg and we are not completely inoculated, but as part of our settlement agreement, Righthaven has agreed to send us DMCA takedown notices rather than suing us if someone slips up in the future.

[Red Steel]

hire two writers, and have them be the only two who can post articles. They can interpret what they see on the wires. That will make all of our content original material.

I don't like that idea as that would fundamentally change FR. Eventually, it looks like FR and others (class action?) are going to have to take a stand and defeat these guys in court. I wonder what AP's extortion/tribute/bribe/payoff price is?

Up the operating costs a bit (read: fundraise),

Or start a separate fund when the time comes to pay the extra expenses...court costs and other related expenses.

[Bobalu]

Perhaps a piece of software that lets you drop text onto it and then it does a quick re-write. It would not be perfect so you might have to read it over and make a few edits....but anyone could use it to post.

It could be set up to make some pretty unflattering conversions of various terms..LoL :-)

[GOPJ]

Up the operating costs a bit (read: fundraise), hire two writers, and have them be the only two who can post articles. They can interpret what they see on the wires. That will make all of our content original material. You cannot copyright facts, just the presentation of them.

Laz - are you a closet journalist?