Comments on: Talk The Talk: Kevin O’Kane, RedLasso http://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/29/talk-the-talk-kevin-okane-redlasso/ You're famous. (For Philly.) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ResIpsaLoquiturhttp://www.philebrity.com/2008/05/29/talk-the-talk-kevin-okane-redlasso/comment-page-1/#comment-5253 ResIpsaLoquitur Fri, 30 May 2008 20:27:55 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=13538#comment-5253 Even though I think Redlasso is a fantastic idea and a great tool, their legal standing here is completely laughable. Sure, they can try to claim a fair use defense and that area of the law is anything but clear, but they're almost certainly going to lose under any reasonable fair use analysis. I hope they're getting decent legal advice, because O'Kane doesn't give any indication here that he understands the monumental problems with the company's legal argument, or apparent lack thereof.Even though I think the networks' business plans are generally ass-backwards and that their executives are typically clueless when it comes to teh internets, they are standing on pretty firm legal footing here with regards to their intellectual property rights. They've also got some of the finest legal minds in the country on their side (Levine, Sullivan). Redlasso: you be on the ropes, y'all. Even though I think Redlasso is a fantastic idea and a great tool, their legal standing here is completely laughable. Sure, they can try to claim a fair use defense and that area of the law is anything but clear, but they’re almost certainly going to lose under any reasonable fair use analysis. I hope they’re getting decent legal advice, because O’Kane doesn’t give any indication here that he understands the monumental problems with the company’s legal argument, or apparent lack thereof.

Even though I think the networks’ business plans are generally ass-backwards and that their executives are typically clueless when it comes to teh internets, they are standing on pretty firm legal footing here with regards to their intellectual property rights. They’ve also got some of the finest legal minds in the country on their side (Levine, Sullivan). Redlasso: you be on the ropes, y’all.

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