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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 11:59 PM Original message |
Righthaven extends copyright lawsuit campaign to individual Web posters |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. The judge needs to nip this in the bud... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. They don't want people who can fight back. Bullies |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. EXACTLY! The classic BULLY! |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Douchebags |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. I am K&R'ing this because people need to see how horrible this bullshit is. |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. These assholes tried to take a bite out of DU. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think this will increase their readership. Wonder if they will |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. They don't have a "readership". They are simply blood-sucking parasites. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R They didn't learn anything from the DU case? |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I think that they did learn something |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. Greedy ass bastards! |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Righthaven is like the Phelps Family of the internet. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Right Haven sounds like a haven for the right |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. What news media does RightHaven represent? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There's a list at bottom of this story |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Thanks - if the client in question has a newspaper or magazine ... |
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Buenaventura (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. their clients are tiny, tiny publications |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. The Denver Post is THE big paper in CO. Not tiny at all. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
69. They actually just buy rights to individual articles, I think. Most of them older. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Those sites are going into the block list on my browser |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. I agree. . .couldn't someone start a campaign to encourage |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Here's instructions how to do it in Firefox |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. Righthaven websites should be put in a dark, untouched corner of the net |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. Oh for fuck's sake... |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. They have the obligation of |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. They don't. Not with this type of tort. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. companies who abuse our intellectual property laws should have their business licenses revoked |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. Would a national web ID be useful to folk like Righthaven? |
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Buenaventura (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. damnit - you made me laugh! n/t |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. these folks aren't very smart. most sites I go to do not allow posting the whole thing. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. They take these suits to court in the hope that there will be an |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. Just stop posting anything from these publications |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Egads - My hometown newspaper is on that list |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I don't think your list includes the Stephens Media chain. It should. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Thanks |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. This might be a dumb question, but how can they sue foreigners? |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I think you're probably safe, |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. They can sue you by claiming the infringement took place in their jurisdiction. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'm reminded of a the business model for a certain despicable company |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. We need to scrub every reference to any RightHaven client from anywhere on the web. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. Nobody decides what I discuss but me. I'll cite any source I want. - n/t |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. And screw the site in the process? |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. No, does DU need a free speech fund? |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
28. This is entrapment! This is not about |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
32. Godfrey Daniels! |
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angryfirelord (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. Here's a list of the sites they've gone after |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. FreeRepublic settled with them so I assume they got a payment from FR |
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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. Free Republic simply cowardly (by their standards). Decided not to send pitchforks & machine guns/nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
37. DU should ban links to those two publications. |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I just blocked both from our corporate network. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Notifying the various corporate internet black list |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. Look at how cnn.com covers him. Very positively as if he is breaking new ground with his work. |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. I mysteriously got "followed" on Twitter by the Denver Post. So I blocked them. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
40. It is probably |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
44. Do they WANT to be come irrelevant? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. Maybe now people will finally get it: don't post copyrighted material. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. Another way to deal with it is boycott the Denver Post and Las Vegas Review-Journal /nt |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. I try to cite reputable sources. |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. They buy the copyright and then sue people even before the purchase of the copyright. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. Fer heaven's sake. Judges need to hammer these rascals. nt |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm confused. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. If Righthaven succeeds |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Everybody has a Copyright. Even © 2001 - 2010 Democratic Underground, LLC |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. No copyright law has ever been written to restrict the free discussion of anything published. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. What would really be nice is a Firefox extension that allows one to block |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I have the right to discuss anything published. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. You can just set a warning on those that sue as an FYI. Frankly, many of them are |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. If I rec this, will I be sued? |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. Some lawyer jokes come to mind |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bend the law and usually gets an unhappy judge |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
65. This copyright crap has gone TOO far. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
67. lol. How the fuck are they even a company? When did |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-14-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
74. Haven't they heard of the fair use doctrine? |
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