Stanford Law School´s Fair Use Project and Bingham McCutchen LLP File Lawsuit Against Radio Talk S..

The Fair Use Project at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society and Bingham McCutchen LLP filed a lawsuit today against talk radio host Michael Savage and Original Talk Radio Network, Inc. (OTRN) on behalf of Brave New Films. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks declaratory relief and damages following improper efforts to silence Brave New Films’ criticism of Savage over anti-Muslim remarks he made on his nationally syndicated radio show, The Savage Nation. On January 18, 2008, Brave New Films created and uploaded to its YouTube channel “Michael Savage Hates Muslims,” a short video that criticizes anti-Muslim comments Savage made on his October 29, 2007 radio broadcast. The video uses a total of one minute of audio excerpts from Savage’s show in which... [read full story]