Righthaven Case Ends in Victory for Fair Use

[EarlG]

Newspaper Publisher Caves at Last, Agrees Excerpts of Articles Do Not Infringe Copyright

San Francisco - In a victory for fair use, the publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Stephens Media, filed papers yesterday conceding that posting a short excerpt of a news article in an online forum is not copyright infringement. The concession will result in entry of a judgment of non-infringement in a long-running copyright troll case that sparked the dismissal of dozens of baseless lawsuits filed by Righthaven LLC.

The Court dismissed Righthaven's infringement case because it did not own the article, but Democratic Underground's counterclaim against Stephens Media continued. After initially attempting to defend the bogus assertion of copyright infringement, Stephens Media has now conceded it was incorrect.

"I knew the lawsuit was wrong from the start, and any self-respecting news publisher should have, too," said Democratic Underground founder David Allen. "I'm glad that they have finally admitted it."

More: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/righthaven-case-ends-victory-fair-use

[malaise]

1. DU rocks

:applause: :applause:

[Spazito]

2. Great news!

Kudos to DU founders/admin for fighting this and getting this important admission from Righthaven.

Recommended.

[madinmaryland]

3. K&R! That's great news. Do you mind if I quote you on that!!

:hi:

[hlthe2b]

4. Kudos all around!

:toast:

[NYC_SKP]

5. WOW! Big Congratulations are DU!

:silly:

SWEET!

:toast:

[cleanhippie]

6. Excellent news!

[greytdemocrat]

7. Well done! n/t

[lunatica]

8. Good fight!

Hurray, hurray, hurray!

[inna]

9. Awesome, Effing A!!! Congrats!!

[Amonester]

10. Awesome!

Félicitations !
Congratulations! :applause:


Now if Elad could just get DU's clock fixed, everything would be perfect! :evilgrin:

:hi:

[11 Bravo]

11. Are Righthaven or Stephens Media on the hook for DU's legal fees?

That would be sweet!

[girl gone mad]

12. Awesome job, yo.

:applause:

[Nye Bevan]

13. "Unwilling to be bullied into a settlement of a baseless claim....."

Cool. :thumbsup:

[ellisonz]

14. woot

:woohoo:

[ohheckyeah]

15. Thank you!

As a blogger I especially want to say thanks. These people are nothing but bullies.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. yay

[kestrel91316]

17. WIN

[begin_within]

18. When someone uses the word "bogus" in an article,

I can't take it as serious journalism. Oh well...

[Amonester]

19. Jeebus on a Galaxy tour.... lighten up...

It's a win.

[begin_within]

23. This is presented as a piece of journalism,

ironically, published by a group all about communication. It's all well and good, then you hit the word "bogus" and it drops to the level of a teenager making a comment on a blog. If they had dropped the word "bogus" the sentence would still have held true to its intent. It's a loss.

[SidDithers]

22. ...

:eyes:

Sid

[Rowdyboy]

24. Its been in usage for over 200 years....

Lighten up

[begin_within]

25. You don't get it either. It ruins their credibility when they allow an editorial commentary in

the middle of a sentence which is presented as a factual news report. That casts doubt on anything they might publish as a news story. I can't believe DUers would consider that acceptable, while at the same time DUers criticize every typo or misspelling on right-wing sites. The "bogus" is a far more serious breach of journalistic standards. No wonder DU is such a mess.

[freshwest]

20. Thanks!

[SidDithers]

21. K&R. Congratulations!...nt

Sid