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| Trollhaven files emergency appeal to block copyright auction |
| 2011-12-22 |
| Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas newspaper copyright lawsuit company, filed an emergency appeal Tuesday to block an auction of its copyrights — an auction Righthaven says is aimed at dismantling the company. A federal judge in Las Vegas last week granted Righthaven defendant Wayne Hoehn’s motion that Righthaven turn its intellectual property — including copyrights — over to a receiver. Hoehn seeks to dismantle or, at least, significantly inhibit Righthaven’s ability to operate as a going concern by seizing the content the company has sought to protect through copyright enforcement efforts while also jeopardizing the company’s ability to prosecute its pending appeals before this court, said the appeal. Exactly. And the sooner the better. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #6 "Righthaven says is aimed at dismantling the company" Gee, Watson, what was your first clue? What goes around, comes around. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-12-22 22:30 |
| #5 I wonder how many millions of dollars each copyright will sell for. If it's high enough, perhaps journalists should start asking for way more money. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-12-22 12:44 |
| #4 I'm gratified to see what appears to be a number of judges rake these guys over the coals for trying to abuse the legal system. Nonsense. If there was any "abuse", it was Righthaven's undercutting of the Intellectual Property Law industry. And for that, the judges aren't playing nice. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-12-22 11:44 |
| #3 I'm gratified to see what appears to be a number of judges rake these guys over the coals for trying to abuse the legal system. It is at least a small affirmation that they hold the law and its intent somewhat sacred. Maybe. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2011-12-22 11:11 |
| #2 Karma is a b!tch. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-12-22 10:07 |
| #1 This is hilarious. If they go through with an auction of its copyrights, their parent company, who "sold but didn't sell" its copyrights to them is going to have a LOT of its material go black, as whoever buys the copyrights can refuse to let the parent company reuse their own archives. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-12-22 09:37 |