Twenty-year old diabetic North Carolina hobby blogger Brian Hill, who's being sued by Righthaven LLC for unauthorized use of a Denver Post photo, is practically destitute and can't afford a lawyer. But after reading our item about the case, Fort Collins intellectual property attorney David Kerr offered to take Hill's case on a pro bono basis -- and while he faults Righthaven for its tactics, he also blames the Post for employing such a heavy-handed outfit.
"I'm going to do everything I can to get some answers from the Denver Post -- to say why they're working with this organization," acknowledges Kerr, an attorney with the Santangelo Law Offices. "I'd submit that they're the Post's copyright enforcement arm. They try to contractually separate themselves, but when you come down to it, if the Post really wanted to sue an autistic, chronically ill blogger in North Carolina for one photo, they should put their name on the suit, instead of going through Righthaven and playing contractual games." More...
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