Copyright Trolls 2.0: image sites embrace Righthaven tactics

Reblogged from GigaOM:

A photo company sued sports site Bleacher Report (s twx) this week for using photos of New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and a celebrity actress. It turns out the case is just the tip of a much larger campaign in which image owners are using a controversial legal tactic known as "copyright trolling" to pressure websites to pay up.

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