Nevada Federal Judge Says Use Was Fair In Copyright Case

LAS VEGAS - Two copyright infringement defendants won a declaratory judgment March 9 that the posting of a five-sentence excerpt from a 50-sentence news article on a political discussion forum is fair use, pursuant to 17 U.S. Code Section 107 (Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground and David Allen, No. 10-1356, D. Nev.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31605.). Full story on lexis.com