Las Vegas Review-Journal's Copyright Team Targets N.H. Blogger
Written by Joe Strupp
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Righthaven LLC, the firm partnered with the Las Vegas Review-Journal to find alleged copyright infringment suspects and sue them, is now taking on a New Hampshire blogger who claims to post items to help rescue workers.
The Concord Monitor reports:
Christopher Malley, who runs a discussion group and blog for first responders at EMTCity.com, was sued in federal court after a visitor to his website posted the entire contents of a Las Vegas Review-Journal article in a discussion forum.
The article about fire and emergency medical personnel in Las Vegas was intended to share information about the field, but it drew the ire of a for-profit company that owns the rights to certain stories produced by the Review-Journal.
It is similar to nearly 100 other suits brought by Righthaven LLC against other website owners who have posted Review-Journal articles, including the Nevada State Democratic Party and a couple who blog about cats, a review of federal court filings shows.
EMTCity.com, meanwhile, has issued an appeal to Web readers for financial aide to support its legal fight:
My initial fund raising goal is $10,000 to help the legal fight. I currently have lawyers in two different states and this is a federal case which can require a lot of lawyer man hours.