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Author Topic: "modern technology had created grey areas in copyright law and fair use"  (Read 3037 times)

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"Righthaven’s legal problems are not limited to the contempt of court charge. The company, known for its frivolous lawsuits, will cease being a partner of MediaNews Group after the new CEO, John Paton, announced last week the non renewal of its contract with Righthaven by the end of September."

"Paton pointed out that some of the copyright issues raised by Righthaven had merits, but modern technology had created grey areas in copyright law and fair use."

http://gantdaily.com/2011/09/20/defendant-seeks-contempt-order-against-righthaven-for-non-payment-of-attorneys-fees/

Paton's been in damage control mode since the Righthaven fallout:

John Paton, also CEO of Digital First Media has been blogging about the company’s vision for surviving and thriving in the digital space. Last week he called for an end to paywalls and aggressive copyright enforcement: "Instead of paywalls, we see greater value creation in the open sharing of our content. Our approach is to treat content like an API – available to any who want it."

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/09/ashes-righthaven-promising-future-digital-media

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