Rocky Mountain Right website goes on hiatus due to fear of being sued by Denver Post

[RamboLiberal]

Visitors to Rocky Mountain Right's website can usually find conservative news and commentary -- but not right now. The home page is currently emblazoned with the phrase "Access Denied." That's because site overseer Antony Surace has temporarily blocked users to the page due to concerns about possibly being sued by the Denver Post for copyright infringement.

As documented in this space, the Denver Post's owner, MediaNews Group, has a new partner: Righthaven LLC. According to a December Las Vegas Sun article linked in the post above, the firm is a "Las Vegas-based newspaper copyright enforcement company" that's filed 179 lawsuits in Nevada since March. On behalf of MediaNews, the outfit made a similar complaint against South Carolina blogger Dana Eiser for posting "a 'literary work' for which Righthaven owns the copyright" to her website, LowCountry912.

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Rocky Mountain Right is temporarliy off-line due to the decision by the Denver Post to partner with RightHaven, a Las Vegas-based firm dedicated to suing bloggers for "copyright infringement" even if it falls within fair use guidelines in order to turn a profit.
While this site has not been the target of a lawsuit by RightHaven on behalf of the Denver Post, RightHaven is notorious for suing without warning in cases where fair use is justified in order to intimidate bloggers into paying a settlement. This site is a strictly non-profit venture.

While this site has not been the target of a lawsuit by RightHaven on behalf of the Denver Post, RightHaven is notorious for suing without warning in cases where fair use is justified in order to intimidate bloggers into paying a settlement. This site is a strictly non-profit venture.

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/02/denver_post_rocky_mountain_right_website_hiatus_sued.php

[Ian David]

1. NO ONE expects The RightHaven Inquisition! n/t