You may recall back in February when news broke that Michael Yon was involved in a copyright suit with the US Army over one of his unfogettable images from the Iraq War. After MSM folks like Jay Fitzgerald at the Boston Herald picked up on the story, we contacted Michael and started a blog swarm that was aided by links from Glenn Reynolds and many other prominent bloggers.
As a result of the blog swarm, the copyright battle that had gone on for seven months was settled by the Army within 24 hours. You can read about the entire incident here.
This is from Michael’s announcement that the dispute had been settled,
Thousands of readers might have learned about it from Jay Fitzgeraldâ??s piece in Tuesdayâ??s Boston Herald. Maybe it was the article Dan Lavoie wrote for last Sundayâ??s Southtown Free Press, or the press release issued by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Or when Kevin Whalen at Pundit Review called for blogger arms in an intransigent dispute with the Army over intellectual property rights. The growing volume of these voices gained the attention of people who could resolve the conflict.
Well, HFM, the international publishing outfit, has gone and used the image without approval. Even worse, they have put it on the cover of a vile anti-war rag.
Matt at Blackfive has the story and a few words of advice for HFM,
When you steal from a milblogger, your going to get busted!
Oh yea, he also has this,
HFM is (212) 767-6000.
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A few weeks ago, we interviewed Matt from Blackfive and Michael Yon and we discussed the war on terror. if you’d like to listen to the interview, go to iTunes and search for Pundit Review Radio Podcast or click here