Beware The CopyLEFT Trolls (Techdirt)

Techdirt looks at the problem of copyleft trolls, and those who target users of Creative Commons materials in particular.

However, in the end, they are still licenses, and those licenses are still backed by copyright -- which means that if you don't abide by the specifics of the Creative Commons license, you could very much be liable for copyright infringement. Enter the copyleft trolls. They search for those using CC-licensed works, but not following the exact terms of the license, and then resort to the typical copyright troll shakedown game.

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