Las Vegas Review-Journal goes after PLAN

For some time now, it has been clear to news observers, that the Las Vegas Review-Journal had a definite political slant, and an agenda to serve. I hope this serves as a cautionary tale for those who still believe the fiction about the Liberal Media (that doesn’t exist, except in the fevered imaginations of right wingnuts).

I received this email this morning from Bob Fulkerson at PLAN:

Friends,

Please find attached the complaint against PLAN for alleged copyright violations filed by “Righthaven”, on behalf of the Las Vegas Review Journal.  Apparently, they would like to shut us down and have demanded our domain name and lots of money. It is an absurd and vindictive suit; we are 100% confident that PLAN is in compliance with the law.

We posted excerpts of RJ stories, then linked to the full article. That is common practice across thousands of websites.  The first item in their complaint is pretty typical. Three out of about 29 paragraphs were quoted. The Fair Use standard is 25%, which we have not violated.

In every one of the articles cited in their complaint, someone from PLAN is quoted in the story.  As Emily Green points out in her blog (pasted below), the R-J is now suing its own source!

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