July 16, 2009 12:00 AM UTC

9News Vs. Penry for Governor

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• by: walk_the_line

This is the court case I see happening.

Why? It’s simple…Penry is too busy promoting himself, that he sometimes forgets the laws that are established to protect the media…copyright laws.

As a candidate for Governor, Penry should know that what he posts doesn’t violate these laws. Which has been up for several days. Case in point:

http://www.penryforgovernor.co…

Now, just to ensure what I typed was correct, I called 9News and they verifyed that they don’t authorize the use of their broadcast for any purpose, including campaigning. And their website states the following from 9News.com:

Rights and Restrictions Relating to Site Content

Your Limited Right to Use Site Materials. This Site and all the materials available on the Site are the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Site is provided solely for your personal noncommercial use. You may not use the Site or the materials available on the Site in a manner that constitutes an infringement of our rights or that has not been authorized by us. More specifically, unless explicitly authorized in these Terms of Service or by the owner of the materials, you may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Site. You may, however, from time to time, download and/or print one copy of individual pages of the Site for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. For information about requesting permission to reproduce or distribute materials from the Site, please contact us.

However, they can link to 9News.com.

Needless to say, Penry didn’t get the authorization from 9News to post on his website and is, indeed, violating federal copyright laws.