EFF Fights Radio Host Abusing Copyright to Silence Muslims
Right-wing radio talk show host Michael Savage isn’t happy that an Islamic civil liberties group posted four minutes on his on-air rant on its own web site for the purposes of rebuttal. He filed a copyright infringement lawsuit, but the EFF says it’s just fair use.
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am February 3 2008 @ 11:17 pm
[...] Digg wrote an interesting post today on EFF Fights Radio Host Abusing Copyright to Silence MuslimsHere’s a quick excerptRight-wing radio talk show host Michael Savage isn’t happy that an Islamic civil liberties group posted four minutes on his on-air rant on its own web site for the purposes of rebuttal. He filed a copyright infringement lawsuit, … [...]
Ned Allen said
am February 4 2008 @ 2:44 am
CAIR didn’t post four minutes on his on-air rant on its own web site for the purposes of rebuttal. They did it to get people to donate to CAIR. Instrumentally the excerpt does not reflect Savages’ viewpoints in their entirety. Four minutes exceeds the scope of fair copyright law and it is likely, in my opinion, they will lose. With the expanded RICO against CAIR, Savage may win and collect treble damages.