A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against a Muslim rights group that reprinted his attacks against Islam and called for an advertising boycott.

A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against a Muslim civil rights group. Savage claimed the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations violated his copyright when it posted on its Web site a four-minute excerpt of anti-Islamic comments by Savage. The council accompanied the excerpt with a critique of Savage's words.

CAIR has come together with a diverse coalition of religious and civic organizations to urge advertisers to boycott Michael Savage’s radio talk show The Savage Nation. Joining a growing constituency of advertisers, three more major companies have already removed their ads from the nationally syndicated show.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab discusses the recent pullout of several significant advertisers and sponsors from the Savage Nation radio talk show. CAIR, part of the Hate Hurts America Community interfaith coalition, works against fear and hate mongers such as Michael Savage, host of the Savage Nation radio talk show.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab discusses the recent pullout of several significant advertisers and sponsors from the Savage Nation radio talk show. CAIR, part of the Hate Hurts America Community interfaith coalition, works against fear and hate mongers such as Michael Savage, host of the Savage Nation radio talk show.

The humbling of Don Imus last spring over his remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball team has done nothing to quiet Michael Savage, a radio host with a far bigger following and far more checkered track record.