Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC on Wednesday filed its second copyright infringement lawsuit over Denver Post material, this time suing a big target: Drudge Report operator Matt Drudge.Read: Article in full
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for Nevada, charges a Nov. 18 Denver Post "illustration" called "Transportation Security Administration agents perform enhanced pat-downs" was posted without authorization the same day on the Drudge Report website as well as the drudgereportarchives.com site.
A court exhibit, however, indicates the illustration is actually a Denver Post photograph of a TSA officer patting down a passenger at Denver International Airport.
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Still no mention on the HuffingtonPost, whose Wikipedia page compares it to the Drudge Report. The Post has been given a number of "Best Blog" awards. Despite this, bloggers being sued by Righthaven and the threat Righthaven poses to all bloggers has been rejected by the Post as "unimportant." The Post also covers Denver, but remained silent on the recent Denver Post + Righthaven marriage.
Steve Gibson, aka Righthaven, just bit off more than he'll ever be able to chew.
ReplyDeleteDo you really think so? Doesn't the AP already hate the guy? Are they going for round #2 with him? Hopefully, this case is good news for the little bloggers who have no means to defend themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe way to make Righthaven go away is to start a campaign to delink the DPost, LVRJ, and other papers involved. Fewer links mean less traffic, and that will send a message.
ReplyDeleteThere are tips on how to do that and a Twitter petition you can sign here: http://act.ly/2t5
"The value of the Drudge Report has been estimated at between $10 million and $20 million."
ReplyDeleteSo ahhh, exactly what is Righthaven thinking? $10-20 million is a heck of a lot more than $150,000.