Cease and Desist from the Denver Post

i'd rather it stay down

and your diary on their pettiness stay up.
if people want to read it - google the title, it will come up somewhere else as several people randomly copy my stuff and repost.

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by: wade norris @ Wed Nov 16, 2011 at 21:22:39 PM UTC

Did you receive a cease and desist letter?

www.bigmedia.org

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by: Jason Salzman @ Thu Nov 17, 2011 at 04:53:04 AM UTC

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copyright trolls?

http://www.abajournal.com/news...

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by: Zappatero @ Thu Nov 17, 2011 at 06:46:12 AM UTC

The Post has cut its ties to Righthaven.

I haven't heard that Righthaven officially bankrupt but I think it's heading there.

www.bigmedia.org

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by: Jason Salzman @ Thu Nov 17, 2011 at 15:07:05 PM UTC

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I think it's fair enugh for the Denver Post to ask that bloggers use a limited

amount of content from a single story, and then provide a link. That's their policy. I think it's fine.

I'm wondering if your letter, like Pols' letter, if you got one, asked that you not use ANY content or if it asked that you limit your use of content to the policy that's been published in the newspaper since the time that Pols got its cease-and-desist letter.

www.bigmedia.org

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by: Jason Salzman @ Thu Nov 17, 2011 at 15:04:46 PM UTC

No it wasn't like that, but my perspective stems from

the fact that we are discussing events that effect us. I appreciate the presence of photojournalists in the thick of the action, but telling me that I'll get shut down if I don't take down their documentation of one of the most public scenarios is annoying. I know they're a business but I don't give a shit about the health of their business, I give a shit about talking about current events.

On the Occupy Denver PR list we got a message from someone trying to sell their photos to the DP and whining about being undercut by photojournalist who is also an organizer with OD. She claimed that by giving away photos to the media, we're aggravating the very thing we're trying to fight. It's just such a ridiculous argument. I've already been around and around with people about this issue but I think it's just another shade of disaster capitalism, therefore concern about it is not on my radar.

Anyway, back to DP, they're selling us our own current events and threatening to shut down anyone who discusses it?? It's so very fucked up.

But it gives us something to talk about.  

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by: Fong @ Thu Nov 17, 2011 at 18:10:00 PM UTC

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