Beware of Copyright Lawsuits

I see where you're coming from, but I don't fully agree. You say in your blog:

So like the Las Vegas Review Journal whom has every right to sue those that have stolen from them, I have to the right to say I won’t read or advertise in their newspaper again and will recommend to my family, friends and colleagues to do the same. 

And that's fair enough. Your point is that the publication should have requested that the copyrighted material be removed first. Then (presumably), if it wasn't promptly removed that then morally it would have been acceptable for the publication to sue. You already acknowledge that, legally, they have that right.

Similarly, a store has the option of confronting a shoplifter and asking that merchandise be returned before calling in the cops. Some do. Some don't. That's their decision.

I imagine that publication is trying to make a strong point and to get the word out that copying material without prior permission (beyond that granted in "fair use") is wrong. Quietly asking web site owners, one on one, to remove content, doesn't accomplish that goal. At best, it resolves the problem with one site.

And interestingly, if not ironically, you're helping that publication get the word out that intellectual property theft is wrong and that some property owners won't tolerate it.