Showing posts with label ruling that even complete republication of copyrighted newspaper content can be "fair use". Show all posts
Showing posts with label ruling that even complete republication of copyrighted newspaper content can be "fair use". Show all posts

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Copyright troll Righthaven achieves spectacular "fair use" loss; ArsTechnica.com, 3/22/11

Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica.com; Copyright troll Righthaven achieves spectacular "fair use" loss:

"Last Friday, a federal judge ruled in one of the company's many lawsuits, saying that even the complete republication of copyrighted newspaper content can be "fair use."...

At a hearing last week, the judge decided that CIO's use of the full article text was, in fact, a fair use under the "four-factor test" enshrined in law."