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| Trollhaven Copyrights 'Sold' Back To Stephens Media For $80k To Pay Legal Fees |
| 2013-03-18 |
| Righthaven's copyright trolling operation collapsed after judges realized that it was all effectively a sham in which the real copyright holder (mainly newspaper publisher Stephens Media) had not really sold off its copyrights to Righthaven, meaning that Righthaven had no actual standing to sue. Technically, Stephens Media tried to give the copyright to Righthaven, but since it retained all of the listed rights under copyright law, it was clearly not an actual transfer. In one of those cases, concerning a guy named Wayne Hoehn, who fought back against a Righthaven lawsuit filed against him, Hoehn's lawyer, Marc Randazza fought for and won a request for legal fees. Righthaven stalled and complained and bullied, but the court told Righthaven to pay up. Eventually, since Righthaven refused to cough up any money, the court granted Randazza's request to put Righthaven into receivership. A comment sums it up better than the article itself: 1) Stephens Media decides to get them some of that awesome copyright trolling money. 2) Stephens Media spawns Righthaven. 3) Stephens Media takes their box o' copyright, dumps out all the contents, then sells Righthaven the empty cardboard box. 4) Righthaven brandishes the empty cardboard box in a threatening fashion demanding money. 5) Court says that's fscking retarded, demands Righthaven pay back legal fees. 6) Righthaven puts the empty box over their head and pretends they can't hear. 7) Court takes Righthaven away and starts auctioning it off. Realizes it has no assets except an empty cardboard box. 8) Randazza takes the empty cardboard box and sells it back to Stephens Media for $80k. In the end, Stephens Media donates eighty thousand dollars and it's reputation to Randazza for no appreciable gain. Well done. |
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