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Author Topic: Righthaven "Copyright Troll Tactics"  (Read 3107 times)

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Righthaven "Copyright Troll Tactics"
« on: April 20, 2011, 11:08:36 AM »
Everyone needs to get up to speed on the Righthaven controversy.  There are many parallels of Righthaven to Getty Images/Stock Photo industry tactics.  However, the biggest difference is that (for the most part) the stock photo folks have not yet gone crazy on the Litigation front....... yet.

I am following Righthaven with great interest and all of you should too.

But from the Righthaven controversy, we get some new "vocabulary" to use for the Stock Photo Industry Demand Letters.  I helped popularize the term "Extortion Letters". EFF gets credit for coining "Copyright Trolls". I just love that term, "copyright troll".  I wish I came up with it.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/eff-righthaven-sham/

BTW, EFF email me to let me know that they are aware of Getty Images and the stock photo demand letters.  I am fairly confident if and when Getty Images and others decide to start firing off lawsuits, EFF will enter the fray. I think EFF is simply watching and monitoring.  And, they are probably following Oscar's representation on these matters.

Matthew
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