These are personal remarks on intellectual property news of the day. Comments are encouraged, especially if posts lack proper thought process. Posts may include some teaching on IP principals so that non-IP educated people can follow along and enjoy as well.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Those That Can't Do, Troll
Righhaven tracks internet traffic to search out copyright infringement. In this case, bought rights so they could have proper standing to sue political candidate Sharron Angle. So why doesn't this fall under the fair use exception? Elements for analyzing fair use include purpose of the use, nature of the work, the amount used compared to the amount copyrighted, and the affect on the copyrighted market. It must be that in this case, a political candidate's use of news articles is closer to commercial than non-profit use because she is campaigning for the political seat.
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