|
MediaNews won't renew contract with copyright troll Righthaven
[Denver Post] MediaNews Group, owner of The Denver Post, will not renew its one-year contract with copyright enforcer Righthaven at the end of September, a company official said today."Wouldja help me get this off the bottom of my shoe?" "E-w-w-w-w! What is it?" "Steve Gibson!" John Paton, who was appointed as MediaNews chief executive Wednesday, sent a message on Twitter later in the day that MediaNews had terminated its relationship with Righthaven "some time ago." "Anybody got any stain remover?" "No, sorry. But my timer says it's more than thirty seconds, so that 'Some time ago,' should definitely stand up in court." MediaNews vice president of field operations Sara Glines said Wednesday that the company had decided, before Paton arrived, to let the contract lapse at the end of the month, and that it had informed Righthaven. "We haven't made any money from it, and we've lost circulation because now people hate us. Other than that, everything is fine." "It's a model that isn't working very well for us," she said. "It's something we felt was important to try because we are committed to protecting copyright, but it hasn't worked the way we expected." "We soaked the whole organization in Clorox but you can still smell it!" Posted by: Fred 2011-09-09 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=329453 |