Us MSM idiots just figured out that the "fair use doctrine" only applies to news and not fiction ... so that Thompson guy and his minions at Free Republic better watch out.
Posted on 01/05/2012 10:36:18 AM PST by SmithL
The McClatchy Co. of Sacramento said today it's one of 29 initial investors in a company designed to license and make profit from online news content.
McClatchy, which publishes The Bee, joined with other news companies in launching NewsRight, a fledgling business led by former ABC News President David Westin . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
NewsRight or New RightHaven?
SOPA, so good...
blood sucking lawyers in this deal, no doubt
Us MSM idiots just figured out that the "fair use doctrine" only applies to news and not fiction ... so that Thompson guy and his minions at Free Republic better watch out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/opinion/internet-access-is-not-a-human-right.html?_r=1
Internet Access Is Not a Human Right
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While the United States has never decreed that everyone has a “right” to a telephone, we have come close to this with the notion of “universal service” — the idea that telephone service (and electricity, and now broadband Internet) must be available even in the most remote regions of the country. When we accept this idea, we are edging into the idea of Internet access as a civil right, because ensuring access is a policy made by the government.
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may as well call it ‘NewsBlight’
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