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Opinion: Righthaven overstepped but protection for newspapers still vital

donal brown December 1, 2011

Righthaven’s methods in pursuing copyright violations turned out to be bogus and unfair resulting in its bankruptcy, but, says Jeffrey D. Neuburger in MediaShift, it would be too bad if the company did not survive long enough to pursue appeals lest newspapers lose ground in receiving just compensation for their work. -db From a commentary for MediaShift, December 1, 2011, by Jeffrey D. Neuburger. Full story  

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Media lawyer analyzes impact of Righthaven copyright lawsuits

donal brown March 8, 2011

In a thorough analysis of the Righthaven enterprise, Jeffrey D. Neuburger, a lawyer specializing in technology and media business, says it is not likely that Righthaven litigation will significantly curtail the re-posting of online news content with links to the source. But the likelihood is getting sued by Righthaven for copyright violations is real so, says Neuburger, it is important for website providers who allow third party content to protect themselves with DMCA safe harbor

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Copyright law: Poorly defined’ fair use’ argument spawns court action

donal brown September 30, 2010

Lawyers are getting lots of work interpreting ‘fair use” from filmmakers, artists and writers who want to pull something from another person’s work. -db Variety Commentary September 24, 2010 By Ted Johnson Hollywood is united in standing up to the proliferation of piracy, but there’s an area of copyright law that leaves the industry perpetually perplexed. It’s the concept of “fair use,” the protection from infringement claims for certain unauthorized uses of copyrighted material, whether

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Blogger sued for copying news article claims license provided for republication

donal brown August 19, 2010

A blogger sued by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for republishing one of its articles has argued that the newspaper gave him “implied license” to republish by encouraging readers to save links to the work and send the links to others. -db Online Media Daily August 18, 2010 By Wendy Davis A blogger sued for allegedly reposting a Las Vegas Review-Journal article has raised an argument that, if accepted, could affect a broad swath of copyright

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Free speech: Parodies of Hitler film clip run into copyright restrictions

donal brown July 26, 2010

The movie studio that made a 2004 film showing Adolf Hitler in a rage over the impending defeat of Nazi Germany is struggling to defend its copyright as parodies based on Hitler’s rage sprout on the Internet. db Free speech: Parodies of Hitler film clip run into copyright restrictions San Francisco Chronicle July 23, 2010 By Benny Evangelista In a dramatic scene from the 2004 European film “Downfall,” Adolf Hitler flies into a tirade as

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