. . COPYRIGHT: LAW: Media Bloggers Association Challenges Righthaven . . Media Bloggers Association Challenges Righthaven Online Media Daily Media Post Newshttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/ ?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=145619
A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/48sktvs .A national bloggers organization is urging a judge to reject the proposition that a Web user who allegedly reposted a single article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal should now be required to pay damages of $150,000.
.That figure is "so astronomical and disproportionate" that it's unconstitutional, the Media Bloggers Association argues in a proposed friend-of-the-court brief. The organization filed the brief in an attempt to weigh in on a lawsuit brought by copyright enforcement outfit Righthaven against East Greenbush, NY-based blogger Bill Hyatt. As with most of the other 250 cases filed by Righthaven in the last year, the lawsuit alleges that Hyatt infringed copyright by reposting a Review-Journal article to his blog.
.The Media Bloggers Association, represented by first amendment lawyer Marc Randazza, opposes Righthaven's request. "A constitutionally bizarre award in this case, such as that sought by the Righthaven enterprise, will create a chilling effect ... thus reducing the amount of discourse on matters of public concern," the group argues.
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