Omaha World Herald - Removal Request

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Today we received the following from the Omaha World Herald:

From: "Gullett, Michelle" <Michelle.Gullett@owh.com>To: "admin@huskerboard.com" <admin@huskerboard.com>

Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:03 PM

Subject: Omaha World-Herald cartoon

April 12, 2013

To whom it may concern:

The www.huskerboard.com<http://www.huskerboard.com/> website contains Omaha World-Herald copyrighted material that appears to have been copied and pasted from the Omaha World-Herald website.

The material can be found with these links:

http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/64675-the-true-meaning-of-husker-football-from-jeff-koterba-cartoonist-for-the-omaha-world-herald/

(Jeff Koterba cartoon depicting Jack Hoffman run)

The Omaha World-Herald requires that written permission be given by the publisher, vice president of news and content or intellectual property manager prior to our material being reproduced on a website. No such permission has been granted. Therefore, I have a good-faith belief that the use of the content listed above is unauthorized.

I, Michelle C. Gullett, state under penalty of perjury that the above information is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the Omaha World-Herald to protect its intellectual property.

Thank you for your prompt attention to removing this post immediately and ensuring no future posts contain Omaha World-Herald copyrighted material. Please notify me as soon as this has been removed.

You are welcome to use the headline of the story on your website with a link to the full story on Omaha.com:

http://sports.omaha.com/2013/04/06/jack-hoffman-7-stars-at-nu-spring-game/

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Omaha World-Herald

Michelle Gullett

Intellectual Property Manager

402-444-1014 - Office

402-444-1231 - Fax

Email: Michelle.Gullett@owh.com<mailto:Michelle.Gullett@owh.com>

1314 Douglas St.- Suite 700

Omaha, NE 68102
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I've moved the thread to the Junkyard, and I'll reply to Michelle Gullett.

 
They sux. Limit the amount of times you can read articles on the site. But for a price, you to can read the drivel we produce. :D

I like to think our members produce better Nfo and content then most of their writers.

Stupid copyright laws :D

 
Wow, it was just a picture? Are we supposed to link to a picture with the headline and just say, "Click on this guys. There's a cartoon there."?

On the other hand, I sort of understand it. They employ this guy to draw these cartoons for them and it's a piece of their intellectual property. They need this stuff to drive their traffic and revenue. Can't help but think their industry is fighting a losing battle here, though.

Which ultimately, would be a little sad for quality of content.

 
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This is why I haven't been posting anything from the OWH or JournalStar lately. While I understand and respect their right to protect their copyright this is just petty.

My reaction? Ban all articles from the World Herald. They want to play hardball? Fine. No more free advertising for them.

 
zoogies said:
Wow, it was just a picture? Are we supposed to link to a picture with the headline and just say, "Click on this guys. There's a cartoon there."?

On the other hand, I sort of understand it. They employ this guy to draw these cartoons for them and it's a piece of their intellectual property. They need this stuff to drive their traffic and revenue. Can't help but think their industry is fighting a losing battle here, though.

Which ultimately, would be a little sad for quality of content.
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I recognize that, with very limited exceptions, most newspapers are dying and that they are hurt both by their distribution model and the prevelance of alternative media outlets. However, this case is a perfect example of how newspapers are becoming dinosaurs. Had OWH been half-way intelligent, what it would have done is thanked us for the proper attribution, which Lance did, and for spreading the cartoon beyond its normal distribution model and exposing a raft of "out-of-staters" to its content and the desirability of obtaining it. Then, they would have asked us to post a notice that OWH is selling framed prints at various sizes - perhaps even autographed by Bo or members of the administration (it would violate NCAA rules for players to sign if the item is for sale as opposed to free). And also donate a percentage - doesn't have to be a large percentage - to brain cancer research or something similar.

This is why newspapers are dying - they don't have the vision to take opportunity of new media. Their loss...

 
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