Apr 18, 2015 2:41 PM GMT
A user of an online political forum posted excerpt from a newspaper article with a link back to the newspaper’s website is fair use according to the court and is therefore not a copyright violation. This was decided in a case versus Democratic Underground. In addition, the online political forum was permitted to use the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
See Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground, No. 2:10-cv-01356-RLH (GWF).
See Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground, No. 2:10-cv-01356-RLH (GWF).