GateHouse goes after online cop forum
By adamg - Wed, 10/28/2009 - 7:08pm.
Alleges copyright infringement for posting whole copies of articles from GateHouse sites.
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what's "commercial" about MassCops.com ?
That seems to me a very weak claim on GateHouse's part. If that claim fails, so does the entire legal threat, since GateHouse articles have a Creative Commons license.
Google adsense right on the
Google adsense right on the main page. Any revenue made from the site makes it a commercial entity.
The suit is ridiculous though and endangers a number of other websites.
they sound like a bunch of drunk frat boys
Masscops copies the entire article text and pastes it into their forums, instead of just linking to it like the rest of the world.
What they are doing is not covered by fair use doctrine, and it sounds like a pretty open-and-shut case to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Note the section in there about how it is largely irrelevant whether a site is 'commercial' or not.
It's funny to see how they've reacted. I can't help but think of all the stories we've seen on BPDnews (or non-LEO postings on Masscops)...the reaction is strikingly similar. "Don't they have something better to do" "tell them to go fuck themselves", "let's ignore it", etc.
Hey boys, you're breaking the law, and you got caught.
re: cops are above the law
C'mon everyone knows that.
re: adsense
income of google adsense, and 500,000+ views a month.
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the last gasp of a dieing
the last gasp of a dieing industry:
Have fun while you can Gatehouse!
Graph not really relevant here
as most of GateHouse's local papers are weeklies, not dailies.
Sure, but they're battling
Sure, but they're battling the same trend.
Litigation, and subscription are what they're all trying to use as a stop gap.