In article , Oren
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:44:40 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

And I reiterate that if they want the copyright to mean anything other than
a cute mark to be placed on their website, they need to enforce that
copyright. So I ask you once again, if it's illegal, when was the last time
anyone on usenet was taken to court over making a non-commercial use of
copyrighted material? When was the last time anyone was taken to court over
making a noncommercial use of copyrighted material?

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Beginning in 2010, the Stephens Media property Las Vegas Review-Journal has
adopted a new business plan based on copyright litigation.[5] This practice
has been coined "copyright trolling", named after its practice of scouring
the internet for 'violations' in order to make a profit.[6] The newspaper is
currently involved in a controversy over the licensing of its content to
Righthaven LLC, a litigation firm that was "grubstaked" by Stephens Media,[7]
the parent company of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and exists for the sole
purpose of suing media outlets, including blogs, over the use of copyrighted
content that first appeared in the Review-Journal.[clarification needed]

Righthaven sued a Boston-based cat blogger over her attribution to a
Review-Journal story on her blog.[8] Righthaven CEO Steve Gibson's vision is
to "monetize news content on the backend, by scouring the internet for
infringing copies of his client's articles, then suing and relying on the
harsh penalties in the Copyright Act — up to $150,000 for a single
infringement — to compel quick settlements."[9]

Between March and August 2010, Righthaven LLC filed litigation suits against
107 blogs,[10] political forums, major political parties, and several of the
newspaper's own sources including NORML, DailyPaul.com, Infowars, Free
Republic and others.[11] On August 25, 2010, the Electronic Frontier
Foundation announced that it would make efforts to assist Righthaven LLC
defendants to the best of its ability.[12] In September, the EFF, with other
pro bono attorneys (Las Vegas attorney Chad Bowers and attorneys from the
firm of Winston & Strawn) filed an Answer and Counterclaim on behalf of
Democratic Underground, a political website that Righthaven sued when a
Democratic Underground member posted a five-sentence excerpt from a
Review-Journal article.[13][14] Counterclaims were asserted against Stephens
Media as well as Righthaven. The pleading alleged a "sham relationship"
between the newspaper and Righthaven, and accused Righthaven of copyright
fraud.[13]

In March 2011, a federal judge found that uses of Las Vegas Review-Journal
content, including citations of full articles, is generally 'fair use'
ref.[15]

Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Review-Journal#Copyright_infringement

I don't see usenet listed and I don't see any verdicts/settlements

But I tell you what, if you think I'm committing copyright infringement, why
haven't you reported me? Who is more guilty: the one infringing or the one
allowing the infringing to happen?

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