Matt Drudge and the Drudgereport have been sued by Righthaven for putting on his blog a picture that was printed in the Denver Post.
From the Las Vegas Sun: "Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC on Wednesday filed its second copyright infringement lawsuit over Denver Post material, this time suing a big target: Drudge Report operator Matt Drudge.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for Nevada, charges a Nov. 18 Denver Post "illustration" called "Transportation Security Administration agents perform enhanced pat-downs" was posted without authorization the same day on the Drudge Report website as well as the drudgereportarchives.com site.
A court exhibit, however, indicates the illustration is actually a Denver Post photograph of a TSA officer patting down a passenger at Denver International Airport. Righthaven usually sues over unauthorized online postings of news stories, columns and editorials. Lately it has sued over alleged infringements involving graphics and, now, a photograph."
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/dec/09/drudge-report-owner-sued-righthaven/
Hmm, Drudge has a top 50 web site in the U.S. and he has made a lo of money off the site. So, he will probably fight the suit over a bunch of lawyer bumpkins.
The bumpkin lawyers are asking for Drudge's domain address. I will bet a million dollars that ain't going to happen.
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