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  Righthaven defendant may recover legal costs from Righthaven parent Stephens Media

  436 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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  Buzzfeed files class-action complaint against Righthaven

  2213 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 cases may be built on faulty legal foundation

  3022 readersThe Righthaven case just keeps getting better and better. Ars Technica had a nice piece yesterday summing up recent developments (Techdirt also had a series of Righthaven-related pieces here, here, here, and here). In short, the EFF succeeded in having the court unseal a document describing the relationship between Righthaven and Stephens Media, the newspaper

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  Copyright troll Righthaven sues blogger Matt Drudge for copyright violation

  1824 readersBreak out the popcorn, everyone; the saga of copyright troll Righthaven just veered right into summer blockbuster territory. After signing MediaNews, the US’s second-largest newspaper publisher, for its copyright protection racket, Righthaven has just filed suit against Matt Drudge, the notably pugnacious blogger behind the Drudge Report, (Found via Techdirt.) Drudge had the temerity to

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  Righthaven loses in Colorado, continues to try not to pay in Nevada

  894 readersIt’s a little weird to begin every post I make about the company this way, but the saga of e-news copyright troll Rights Haven’t, I mean Righthaven, keeps getting better and better. First came the news that a Colorado court has thrown out the first Righthaven case to be thrown out outside of Nevada. The

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  Colorado judge places all Righthaven cases on hold

  1431 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

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  Righthaven loses another case, hit with another $33,000 in legal fees

  1233 readersArs Technica has another brief post on Righthaven. A Colorado court trying its case against a blogger for posting a photo without permission has found in favor of the defendant, because Righthaven did not actually own the rights to the image it would have needed for its suit to be valid. The judge required Righthaven

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  Righthaven loses again, faces $120,000 fine

  1254 readersArs Technica reports that Rights Haven’t, I mean Wrong Headed, I mean Righthaven has just gotten hit with another big fine in the form of a $119,488 legal fees award to another plaintiff. Couldn’t happen to a nicer law firm. The case in question, Righthaven vs. Thomas DiBiase, was another one of those cases that

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  Colorado judge unimpressed by business model of copyright troll Righthaven

  1354 readersAh, the warm and fuzzy feelings of schadenfreude that come from watching copyright troll Righthaven dig itself in deeper. Righthaven, for those who haven’t been following, is a company whose business model is to look for people quoting or reposting articles from newspapers on-line and then buy the copyright to those articles from the newspapers

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  Righthaven may declare bankruptcy over $30,000 legal fee judgment

  1642 readersThe stories about Rights Haven’t, I mean Righthaven, just keep getting better and better. The latest word is that the online content copyright troll has petitioned a federal judge to set aside a $30,000 legal fee judgment against it and allow it to continue suing individuals. The company stated that if this isn’t done, the