February 16, 2005
Smackdown!
Woohoo! Kevin Aylward of Wizbang is flexing his muscles a little, and The Tulsa World had better sit up and take notice...
Even though The Tulsa World copyrights its entire newspaper, you appear to be professionally inept in your basic understanding of copyright law. One would expect a senior officer of a publishing company to have at least some understanding of the concept of "fair use," but apparently that is not the case. As the recipient of similar missives, my policy (and that of many other bloggers) is to discard any such letter unless it is on the letterhead of a law firm. The fact that you couldn't even get an in-house lawyer to send your petty cease-and-desist letter speaks volumes to the toothlessness of your threats.
As the proprietor of a web site that regularly outdraws tulsaworld.com perhaps I can offer you a piece of advice in dealing with the Internet; drop your petty vengeance campaign against Tulsa bloggers. Why you would deliberately harass bloggers whose readership averages 1,000 readers a day boggles the mind, especially when the law is on THEIR side.
The MSM is frightened, and clueless- how could they have thought this outrageous bit of bullying would pass unnoticed? Care to comment, Eason?
Posted by Jim Webb at February 16, 2005 12:58 PM | TrackBack