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  Court authorizes US Marshals to collect $64,000 from Righthaven

  778 readersOh, what fun! Oh, what marvelous schadenfreude! Oh, where’s my popcorn bucket? At least one court has finally lost all patience with copyright troll Righthaven. Ars Technica reports that, after a series of attempted appeals and delays, including missed deadlines for appellate filings and an attempted excuse that Righthaven’s lawyer has to undergo surgery, the

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  Righthaven defendant may recover legal costs from Righthaven parent Stephens Media

  439 readersA brief follow-up to my latest post about copyright troll Righthaven’s travails: Wendy Davis at the Daily Online Examiner reports that the EFF has helped one of Righthaven’s defendants, the Democratic Underground, file suit against Stephens Media, the company that launched Righthaven and licensed or sold it its copyright, to obtain a declaratory judgment that

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  Stephens Media rewords Righthaven contract, fails to impress judges

  2087 readersThe latest amusing chapter in the popcorn-munching saga of copyright troll Righthaven is unfolding. Stephens Media, the newspaper publisher that “sells the copyrights” of infringed-upon articles to Righthaven, has attempted to come up with a new contract after multiple judges have ruled its previous one invalid. As I’ve reported before, the judges held that Righthaven’s old

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  Righthaven stripped of 278 copyrights, its own trademark

  1212 readersRighthaven could now be called “Rights Haven’t” for real. Long-time Righthaven critic Steve Green gleefully reports that a Las Vegas federal judge has stripped Righthaven of 278 copyrights and its own trademark. Apparently Righthaven couldn’t even be bothered to show up at the hearing, and the judge decided they had acquiesced to the transferal by

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  Righthaven legal antics continue to annoy judges

  2868 readersE-newspaper copyright troll Righthaven continues to have hard times in court. PaidContent reports on Judge Roger Hunt fining Righthaven $5,000 for not disclosing Stephens Media’s financial interest in the lawsuit pursuant to a Nevada litigation rule. Righthaven tried to pin the blame on a couple of lawyers who were no longer with the firm, but

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  Buzzfeed files class-action complaint against Righthaven

  2232 readersThe commotion surrounding copyright troll Righthaven’s lawsuits just keeps getting better. One of the defendants, news aggregator Buzzfeed.com, has filed a class-action counterclaim against the company on behalf of all sites sued by Righthaven, alleging Righthaven is abusing legal process, does not actually own the copyrights it is claiming, and is suing in bad faith

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  Righthaven lawsuit could end up weakening newspaper copyright protections

  1840 readersRighthaven, the copyright troll we’ve mentioned a few times in the last few months, has just seen one of its lawsuits backfire in a major way, that could affect every newspaper in the country if upheld on appeal. On Friday, a judge stated that he was going to dismiss a copyright lawsuit filed by Righthaven,

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  Righthaven complains about ‘scorched earth’ tactics; lawyers face state bar investigation

  2370 readersOn Vegas Inc, Steve Green reports that the company’s lawyer, Shawn Mangano, actually showed up in court for the rescheduled hearing (unlike the last one), and complained about the “scorched earth” tactics defendant Wayne Hoehn and his lawyer Marc Randazza have been using to collect judgments against the company. (That’s pretty rich coming from a

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  Copyright troll Righthaven starts to backpedal

  1986 readersPaid Content notes that Righthaven, the copyright troll suing organizations and individuals who re-blog excerpts from articles from a Las Vegas newspaper, has offered to drop its lawsuit against the Democratic Underground website provided it does not have to pay their legal fees. Under American law, copyright cases have a lower bar than most others

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  Colorado judge places all Righthaven cases on hold

  1443 readersE-newspaper copyright troll Righthaven continues to experience setbacks. Since it is unclear whether Righthaven actually has any legal standing to bring these copyright lawsuits, Judge John Kane has put all Righthaven suits in the state of Colorado on hold until the issue of standing is resolved. “Because there are serious questions as to whether my