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Title: Righthaven loses second fair use ruling over copyright lawsuits
Post by: Chris_ on March 20, 2011, 09:48:33 PM

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Righthaven loses second fair use ruling over copyright lawsuits

An Oregon nonprofit did not infringe on copyrights when it posted without authorization an entire Las Vegas Review-Journal story on its website, a judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge James Mahan said during a hearing he planned to dismiss, on fair use grounds, a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO), in Portland, Ore.

The ruling does not set a binding precedent for any of the other federal judges hearing Righthaven cases, but it's likely to cause Righthaven to consider whether it wants to risk another dismissal by suing a nonprofit. For Righthaven, its biggest legal challenge at the moment appears to be a counterclaim filed by the Democratic Underground in which Democratic Underground attorneys have suggested they've found evidence undermining Righthaven's lawsuits over Review-Journal material based on allegedly "sham" copyright assignments. Righthaven has disputed that assertion.

Also, a Righthaven lawsuit over the Denver Post photo was closed after a confidential settlement was reached with defendant Raw Story Media Inc.

Las Vegas Sun (http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/mar/18/righthaven-loses-second-fair-use-ruling-over-copyr/)

Title: Re: Righthaven loses second fair use ruling over copyright lawsuits
Post by: Chris_ on March 29, 2011, 03:43:42 PM

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EFF Demands Copyright Troll Pay for Suing Democratic Underground

After suffering a defeat in a lawsuit with a similar amount of infringement, Righthaven moved to dismiss the Democratic Underground case last month. Righthaven, which has been taking advantage of a loophole in copyright law to win settlements in dozens of cases, has told a Nevada federal judge it could still win the case, so it should not have to pay the EFF’s legal tab.

But the EFF, which has countersued Righthaven, said in a legal filing late Tuesday that Righthaven must pay for Democratic Underground’s defense.

“The undisputed facts demonstrate that plaintiff’s claims were meritless from their inception,” the group wrote.

wired.com (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/payup-troll/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29)

Title: Re: Righthaven loses second fair use ruling over copyright lawsuits
Post by: thelaughingman on March 29, 2011, 04:10:41 PM

This is one time when I hope DU wins.

Title: Re: Righthaven loses second fair use ruling over copyright lawsuits
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on March 29, 2011, 04:29:59 PM

Here's hoping to DU's success and our continued amusement.