Showing posts with label arguments over whether reposting published material online could qualify as “fair use”. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arguments over whether reposting published material online could qualify as “fair use”. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Enforcing Copyrights Online, for a Profit; New York Times, 5/2/11

Dave Frosch, New York Times; Enforcing Copyrights Online, for a Profit:

"Whether the defendant credits the original author or removes the material after being sued matters little. None of the cases have gone to trial yet, and many have been settled out of court. In two instances, judges have ruled against Righthaven in pretrial motions. According to The Las Vegas Sun, which has tracked the cases, the only two publicly disclosed settlements were for $2,185 and $5,000."