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Libération 2.10.98

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* Newspapers File Copyright Suit Against Web Site

In a case with broad implications in cyberspace, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against a Web site that posts their articles without permission.

The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles accuses the Free Republic site of using hundreds of stories from the newspapers. (The New York Times)

* Free Republic

The suit is widely seen as a potentially groundbreaking attempt to address how copyright protections apply to the Internet.

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"It's a very important lawsuit because it's a question at needs to be settled," said John Shepard Wiley Jr., a law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. (The New York Times)

* Major newspapers sue archivist

The defendant, Freerepublic.com, links to, archives, and copies articles from outside news sources. It then uses the material as a basis for discussion amongst its readers.

"We are not complaining about having a link to our site, as long as he uses a trademark logo," said Rex Heinke, a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, which represents the three parties filing the suit. "We object to the copying and archiving."

However, Jim Robinson, who runs Freerepublic.com, says the issue is not about copyright protection.

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"They are suing me because they don't like our opinions," said Robinson, referring to the conservative nature of the site's original material. The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are water carriers for the White House and for the government of the United States."

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Jean-Pierre Cloutier
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