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2010-12-08

I reached agreement with Righthaven the beginning of October. I've been waiting for the paperwork since then. Squire Cingold called me to see how it was going and I told him, and he called them for me to see what was up. In the course of the resulting poopstorm they said they sent me the papers by email the day I talked to them, plus a followup. Never saw any of them -- presumably eaten by Gmail's spam filters, even though I got their latest holler.

Anyway, I'm not supposed to disclose the amount of the settlement by the terms of the agreement, but it's more than is currently in the Rantburg bank (or in my checkbook after paying for a new HVAC system in October...) So if you've got spare change, please kick in. By this point it's easier to spend four digits to make it go away than to spend five digits defending it, which is what they count on.

Posted by Fred 2010-12-08 14:30|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 I know you realize that by paying them, you are encouraging them. Four figures?!? They don't deserve three. I'm sorry you don't plan to fight this to the end. It doesn't have to cost anything. There is always doing it Pro Se. Or finding a lawyer to do it Pro Bono. What about the EFF? I hate the thought of you caving in to those bullies.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2010-12-08 15:07|| 2010-12-08 15:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I've had the miz'ries ever since this fiasco started. But I don't have the resources to travel to Nevada and fight it. I've had assistance and encouragement from two of the Burg's lawyers, but neither's licensed to practice in Nevada.

The settlement's "reasonable" in a case like this, assuming there's any "reason" to being shaken down.

Posted by Fred 2010-12-08 15:58|| 2010-12-08 15:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Legal blackmail. These guys are scum. If they ever make it to Colorado, I hope I don't know them, otherwise they will see the back of my fist impacting the bridge of their nose. Abusive people like that deserve no mercy. They get mercy from me in that its not the back of a shovel I'd be using.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-12-08 16:05|| 2010-12-08 16:05|| Front Page Top

#4 How about a "percent of goal" meter to tie to your tip jar? That way you don't have to say how much it is.

Posted by gorb 2010-12-08 17:03|| 2010-12-08 17:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Fred, I know that some will say you shouldn't have reached an agreement. But your own mental health and time are worth saving. It sucks, but throwing a scrap to the vultures making your life difficult may be the best decision in the long run.

(BTW, seconding gorb's idea. Check your Paypal.)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2010-12-08 17:20|| 2010-12-08 17:20|| Front Page Top

#6 OS:

Check the other article here. RH is now doing business in Colorado.

Posted by Iblis 2010-12-08 17:35|| 2010-12-08 17:35|| Front Page Top

Surrender is MOST convenient for some. Been doing Pro Se for sometime on my own behalf. Never lost a case. Now that the AP entering into the one sided frey, liberty for bloggers is dead. Thanx a million, people.

Posted by wr 2010-12-08 18:06|| 2010-12-08 18:06|| Front Page Top

#8 wr, they are deliberately picking people that cannot afford to fight in the vast majority of cases, and most of the others the settlement costs them far less than the legal fess for the fight for the big guys. RH is full of abusive scumbag lawyers who deserve to be beaten like a pinata, but that doesn't change that the law does allow them to get away with it. We need to demand that the law be fixed.

This is what happens when you let trial lawyers and the publishers make the laws (Hello Democrats and your biggest contributors, the Trial Lawyers and Media companies).

Posted by OldSpook 2010-12-08 18:51|| 2010-12-08 18:51|| Front Page Top

#9 I've sent my $105 protection money to Big Guido and Fat Tony in the Copyright Office, so I'm hoping this is the last I see of these guys.

Posted by Fred 2010-12-08 18:58|| 2010-12-08 18:58|| Front Page Top

#10 "Safe Haven" ought to be the default state, not needing registration in government office with a fee.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-12-08 19:17|| 2010-12-08 19:17|| Front Page Top

#11 I would say that I was for the wholesale execution of slimeball lawyers like this, but that would be illegal so I won't.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-12-08 21:51|| 2010-12-08 21:51|| Front Page Top

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