Missouri Newspaper Pays Blogger for Copyright Claim

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By: Jonathan Bender | The Pitch

A spat between a blogger and a newspaper editor is not breaking news. But a blogger asserting a copyright claim at the offices of a newspaper while a video camera is rolling - that's national news. Boing Boing is just one of the media outlets to pick up All American Blogger Duane Lester's story about serving The Oregon Times Observer of Oregon, Missouri, with a $500 invoice. Lester takes managing editor and publisher Bob Ripley to task for reprinting his blog post on the Holt County Sheriff's Department without permission or attribution.
































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