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Retired Forums => Righthaven Lawsuits Forum => Topic started by: Lettered on April 20, 2011, 11:42:09 AM
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What could they legitimately threaten you with? What could they possibly recover from a 2 paragraph quote from a 30+ paragraph newspaper article. Even if they got past a fair use defense, I seriously doubt newspapers are pre-registered with the copyright office, which would bar recovery of attorney fees and statutory damages. What does that leave them with? A few cents for every hit on some obscur blog? Would that even amount to hundreds of dollars in many cases?
Those questions aren't rhetorical ... I really am curious as to what they could recover from an obscure blogger who quoted 2 paragraphs from a newspaper.
I'd personally like to see a list of all Righthaven media partners so that I can make sure I never spend a nickle on their publiciations.
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Lettered,
It is really overwhelming trying to read all the articles written even though this only started in 2010.
Two websites have a LOT of good info.
righthavelawsuits.com
righthavenvictims.blogspot.com
Online, I almost feel like we are being surrounded by copyright trolls look for all of us to make one mistake to take you to the cleaners.
Matthew
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it really looks like its gotten so ridiculous that its reached a tipping point where people are starting to fight back ... I hope that translates into legislation that makes sense for todays world.