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After critical article, conservative nonprofit accuses Raw Story of violating copyright


The National Center for Public Policy Research, the conservative nonprofit where fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff served as a director, has instructed RAW STORY to remove a fundraising letter the group sent in 2004.

Noland MacKenzie Canter, III, a lawyer for the group, says the publication of the center’s fundraising letter violates their copyright. To many outside Washington, the center is known for being the group that Abramoff used to cover posh junkets for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX).

RAW STORY published the letter in January of 2005. The story it accompanied detailed the effort by the conservative nonprofit to raise money from senior citizens by disguising a solicitation for a political donation under the guise of a “Task Force” to save Social Security.

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Cease and desist came after article linking president, Abramoff client

The call for the letter’s removal comes quickly on the heels of an article raising questions about Ridenour’s role in writing an editorial that favored Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad, a client of Abramoff’s who paid $1.2 million to arrange a visit with President Bush in 2002. At the time of the editorial, Abramoff was a board member of Ridenour's group