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Originally posted by Gutterboy
He's not even got the DMCA right. Several sites, Free Republic being the most notorious, have won or settled lawsuits allowing them to reproduce content under 'fair use' provisions.
In the case of FR, all of their content comes from articles reproduced.. without the ads.. from the big 3 news sites.
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Whatever........ im sure the kid who designed the app and lensman have lots of time to settle it in court.
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