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New form of copyright troll

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Interesting story, but the poster here substituted an inaccurate, flamebait title for the original.

"Progressive political forum fights lawsuit over five sentence news excerpt"

By Stephen C. Webster copyright

Progressive political forum fights lawsuit over five sentence news excerpt. The practice of excerpting news and linking to its source is what drives the blogosphere, engages millions in political discussion and aides the dissemination of information the world over.

However, if the so-called "copyright troll" company Righthaven LLC is successful, a vibrant political forum for American progressives could be shut down, all thanks to a five sentence excerpt from the Las Vegas Review-Journal that caught the paper's attention.

Now how many sentences is that now ...