Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article Is Fair Use @.a59kP8X F7jkl4 By David Kravets June 20, 2011 | 4:54 pm |
ZDzG8E0Sq c-&Q_lB The Courts, intellectual property A federal judge ruled Monday that publishing an entire article without the rights holder’s authorization was a fair use of the work, in yet another blow to newspaper copyright troll Righthaven.
H'udxPF ,7s+-sRG It’s not often that republishing an entire work without permission is deemed fair use. Fair use is an infringement defense when the defendant reproduced a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, commentary, teaching and research. The defense is analyzed on a case-by-case basis....
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/fair-use-defense/