Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts
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Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts
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#2McMansion Hell is exactly the shock therapy the United States needs. Someone lend this blogger a hand!
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#3On what grounds can they sue? Isn't this pure free speech?
It looks like the only references to Zillow ever are citations that the photos come from their website http://www.mcmansionhell.com/search/zillow
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#4McMansion Hell is exactly the shock therapy the United States needs. Someone lend this blogger a hand!
Never heard of it before now. :( I bet it was enlightening.
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#5I kinda figured this was coming sooner or later. McMansion Hell is using unquestionably copyrighted photos, but claims that they fall under Fair Use. I think that's true (but IANAL), but fair use is an affirmative defense that has to hold up in court.
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#6McMansion Hell is exactly the shock therapy the United States needs. Someone lend this blogger a hand!
Never heard of it before now. :( I bet it was enlightening.
http://www.mcmansionhell.com/ is still up, for now, at least not all the posts are gone, so have a look.
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#7On what grounds can they sue? Isn't this pure free speech? It looks like the only references to Zillow ever are citations that the photos come from their website http://www.mcmansionhell.com/search/zillow
> On what grounds can they sue? Isn't this pure free speech?
Many of the house images are taken off Zillow's site.
That said, it's a textbook case of fair use. McMansion Hell is pretty clearly educational / critical usage.
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#8For those who had never heard of it before, the Google cached copy is still up:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:zFONMls...
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#9On what grounds can they sue? Isn't this pure free speech? It looks like the only references to Zillow ever are citations that the photos come from their website http://www.mcmansionhell.com/search/zillow
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#10I really enjoy using Zillow. But this is wrong. Not happy.