Newspaper Chain’s New Business Plan: Copyright Suits
Newspaper Chain’s New Business Plan: Copyright Suits
Wired.com | July 22, 2010 | David Kravets
Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2010 2:21:29 AM by ransomnote
No Link. Steve Gibson is buying rights to newspaper content for the purpose of suing bloggers for posting the content without permission. The article at the link refers to this as a “copyright trolling litigation campaign”. He scours the internet looking for content used without permission and uses the severe penalties in the Copyright Act (up to $150,000 per violation) to force a quick settlement.
Newspaper Chain’s New Business Plan: Copyright Suits
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