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| Righthaven Lacks Standing To Sue- Threatens Sanctions |
| 2011-06-15 |
| A federal judge in Las Vegas today issued a potentially devastating ruling against copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC, finding it doesn't have standing to sue over Las Vegas Review-Journal stories, that it has misled the court and threatening to impose sanctions against Righthaven. Clayton Cramer comments: "Judge Hunt did not just dismiss Righthaven's suit; he gave them two weeks to respond as to why they should not be sanctioned by the court and held liable for the legal fees of Democratic Underground. My hope is that once this is settled, there will be a massive dogpile of all the people that were intimidated into settling out of court with Righthaven, and the net effect will be both immediate bankruptcy for Righthaven, and perhaps the destruction of Stephens Media as well." |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #7 fence rail, tar, feathers and the bum's rush out of town. I'm reminded of the old joke "What's 200 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? Answer: A good start." |
| Posted by: bigfingo 2011-06-15 16:29 |
| #6 There is a far greater need for copyright law reform than for immigration reform. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-15 16:03 |
| #5 I think a great way to settle with these slime is a rope and lamp posts. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-06-15 14:39 |
| #4 Maybe Fred can recover costs? Righthaven basically blackmailed blogging sites into paying money for Righthaven to go away under the guise of copyright law violation. Whatever happens to them still won't serve justice. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-06-15 11:50 |
| #3 They lack status? They are lower than whale sh!t and that's on the bottom of the ocean. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-06-15 11:47 |
| #2 Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of sh*ts. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-06-15 11:37 |
| #1 "...You may not be interested in Karma..." Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-06-15 10:43 |