Wendy Davis on MediaPost’s Daily Online Examiner has slammed copyright thugster Righthaven for filing a copyright infringement suit against Anthony Curtis, the publisher of The Las Vegas Advisor blog.
The allegedly reposted article in this suit was written about the defendant, and used his data and contained quotes from him.
Davis says that Righthaven, who is the outsource copyright plaintiff for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, “has filed some questionable lawsuits in the past, but really outdid itself” this time.
According to Davis, the article involved Curtis’s annual survey results on ticket prices for Las Vegas shows. She writes:
… Curtis went to the trouble of fielding a survey and then shared his findings with the newspaper, only to find himself sued for posting portions of the ensuing article on his own blog. … if there’s ever a situation where publishing an entire article (or the bulk of one) is fair use, Curtis’s post of an article based on his own research should be it.
Tags: Anthony Curtis, las vegas, nevada, reposting, Righthaven, Wendy Davis
