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AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge Retort
mytrip points out a blog posting by Rogers Cadenhead, author of the Drudge Retort blog, who says: "I'm currently engaged in a legal disagreement with the Associated Press, which claims that Drudge Retort users linking to its stories are violating its copyright and committing 'hot news' misappropriation under New York state law." An AP attorney filed six Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests this week demanding the removal of blog entries and another for a user comment. The AP material they object to consists of snippets of from 33 to 79 words. Cadenhead claims his lawyer believes that all fall squarely within the province of fair use.
The real Drudge site links directly to stories, and doesn't keep "snippets" or other content. This guy needs to wise up.
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One of my favorite sites for center-left opinion is CommonDreams.org While they do have some original content, a lot of their headline opinion pieces are copied in full from the original source and wrapped in the site's design template. If not for the small print identifying the original source, the article would look like copy produced and owned by CommonDreams.org. I wonder how they have gotten by so long without being served these notices... Or are they getting permission? (seems unlikely, as the opinion pieces are taken the same day they appear in print).
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