Robin Carnahan

Democrat Carnahan, Fox News Dismiss Suit Over Campaign Ad

Ryan J. Reilly | February 7, 2011, 10:35AM

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Fox News and Robin Carnahan have settled their suit over a campaign ad that the Missouri Democrat ran against Republican Roy Blunt last year.

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Carnahan Camp To Fox News: Why Single Us Out?

Ryan J. Reilly | December 6, 2010, 1:30PM

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

To strengthen their argument, lawyers for Carnahan are pointing to Fox News clips posted on the websites of Republican candidates during the 2010 election season that the network doesn't seem to be worried about.

"Through this lawsuit, Fox News attempts to use copyright law to silence political speech. This distortion of copyright law fails," lawyers representing Carnahan wrote in a court document filed on Friday.

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Robin Carnahan

Fox News Seeking Default Judgement Against Carnahan Over Ad

Ryan J. Reilly | November 23, 2010, 2:35PM

The election may be in the bag, but a lawsuit filed by Fox News against former Senate candidate Robin Carnahan (D-MO) for using their footage in a campaign ad hasn't wrapped up yet.

Fox News on Monday requested that clerk in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Missouri enter a default judgment against Robin Carnahan for Senate, Inc. "on the ground that it has failed to answer or otherwise defend against the amended complaint in this action... within the time period prescribed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."

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Carnahan Lawyer: Fox News' Lawsuit Is Attempt To 'Stifle Core Political Speech'

Ryan J. Reilly | October 13, 2010, 10:17AM

Fox News and television host Chris Wallace are "attempting to use intellectual property and Missouri tort laws to stifle core political speech in the heat of this election season," a lawyer for the campaign of Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan said in a recent court filing.

The network filed suit against the campaign last month, alleging that a campaign ad (removed from YouTube, but described here) attacking Republican Roy Blunt as a Washington insider violated copyright laws. One copyright lawyer told TPMMuckraker that the network took a "dramatic step" in filing suit against the campaign, since such disputes between media companies and campaigns rarely make it to the courtroom.

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Fox News Took 'Dramatic Step' In Suing Political Campaign, Says Copyright Expert

Ryan J. Reilly | September 16, 2010, 4:54PM

Fox News' decision to sue a Democratic candidate over her campaign's use of footage first aired on the network in an ad is an apparent escalation of such fair use battles -- bringing disputes between media companies and campaigns from YouTube to the courtroom.

The suit the network filed against the campaign of Robin Carnahan, a Democrat challenging Rep. Roy Blunt (R) for a Senate seat in Missouri, appears to be the first time such a fair use fight between a media company and a political campaign has been taken to court. It is much more common for media companies to flag the videos to YouTube and assert their copyright.

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Fox News Sues Over Carnahan Commercial, Says It Implies Network Endorsed Democrat

Ryan J. Reilly | September 16, 2010, 12:45PM

Fox News wants to make this much perfectly clear to their viewers: their network didn't endorse a Democrat.

The network and anchor Christopher Wallace have sued Robin Carnahan, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Missouri, in federal court, alleging the politician used footage of Wallace's interview of Rep. Roy Blunt (R) in a campaign ad which made it look as though the network was endorsing her.

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