Yes, she demands $7,500 for posting her poem to a website. He recently took up the cause of people who have been hit by copyright infringement demands from Linda Ellis, a poet who is somewhat infamous for going after lots of people, demanding payments after they posted her sappy poem “the Dash.” She apparently threatens people (ridiculously) with the statutory maximum awards of $150,000 per infringement, but will “settle” for a mere $7,500 - often going after non-profits, charities and churches who want to share the “positive message” of the poem. The blog in question,, is run by a guy named Matt Chan. The EFF has a blog post about a very troubling ruling in a Georgia state court that effectively orders the censoring of an anti-copyright trolling blog including user comments. Wed, Mar 27th 2013 07:58am - Mike Masnick
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