AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge Retort

mytrip points out a blog posting by Rogers Cadenhead, author of the Drudge Retort blog, who says: "I'm currently engaged in a legal disagreement with the Associated Press, which claims that Drudge Retort users linking to its stories are violating its copyright and committing 'hot news' misappropriation under New York state law." An AP attorney filed six Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests this week demanding the removal of blog entries and another for a user comment. The AP material they object to consists of snippets of from 33 to 79 words. Cadenhead claims his lawyer believes that all fall squarely within the province of fair use.

My first suggestion

[deft]

Is to figure out if it's six or 7.... article says 7, summary says 6.

Re:My first suggestion

[deft]

In other news, I'll go ahead and try to figure out of it's 6 or six.

And in other news....

[Cutie Pi]

SourceForge, Inc. files 32,819 DMCA notices against its daughter site, Slashdot.org, for blatantly reproducing its own stories, such as this [slashdot.org] one.

Slashdot Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

DMCA in this case refers to the Dupes Make Cmdrtaco Angry

AP Stylebook

[Enderandrew]

Consult the AP stylebook.

Re:kdawson, dupe, again.

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

"Is the search function really so hard to use?"

Yeah because Slashdot's search function is second only to Google.

Re:I'll say it again.

[gnick]

...and a handful of good porn sites...

[Citation needed]
Please?

Re:what is the deal with "drudge retort"?

[Hal_Porter]

I think he's right. This Drudge Retort guy is clearly taking advantage of the Drudge Report's high alexa rating. And most of his original content is scrapped.

He can go on about parody, mashups and so on. But in the end it reminds me of Victor Lewis Smith's quip that "imitation is the sincerest form of being an unoriginal thieving bastard"

Re:And in other news....

[Anonymous Coward]

SourceForge, Inc. files 32,819 DMCA notices against its daughter site, Slashdot.org, for blatantly reproducing its own stories, such as this [slashdot.org] one.

You mean "SourceForge, Inc. files -51 DMCA notices against its daughter site, Slashdot.org, for blatantly reproducing its own stories, such as this [slashdot.org] one." ...