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DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« on: August 11, 2010, 01:38:07 PM »
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sixmile (1000+ posts)      Wed Aug-11-10 02:35 PM
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DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement

http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?ID=62274

from the lawsuit:

RFC Case Number: C-R10-1356D
Court Case Number: 2:10-cv-01356-RLH-RJJ
File Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Plaintiff: Righthaven LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Joseph C. Chu, Steven A. Gibson, John C. Coons of Righthaven LLC
Defendant: Democratic Underground, LLC
David Allen
Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement
Court: Nevada District Court
Judge: Chief Judge Roger L. Hunt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Robert J. Johnston

http://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/10/5-more-websit... /

'Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher Sherman Frederick likens copyright infringement of his newspaper's online content to the hypothetical theft of a classic Corvette from his front yard.

But in the real world, Frederick and his copyright enforcement partner don't appear to be making many friends among Corvette enthusiasts.

On Monday, the R-J's copyright enforcement partner, Righthaven LLC, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the owner of the www.corvetteforum.com website.

That suit, one of five federal cases filed by Righthaven on Monday in Las Vegas, listed as defendants Internet Brands Inc. of Los Angeles and Internet Brands Chief Marketing Officer Chuck Hoover.

The suit says an R-J story from June 20 called "Reid machine dwarfs Angle" was posted on the Corvette website without authorization.
 


Much more at the above DUmmy link. :popcorn:
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 01:43:17 PM »
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Hawkeye-X   (1000+ posts)             Wed Aug-11-10 02:39 PM
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2. Hell, maybe by the end of this lawsuit, DU could own R-J
   
and turn it to a liberal newspaper for everyone!

Guess they don't understand the "fair use" law.

But most likely it'll be dismissed and encouraged to go after FreeRepublic.com which is notorious for failing to moderate their own people.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 01:45:32 PM »
Uh, I remember when freerepublic was sued--some weeks before Skins's island--the primitives were jumping in joy and jubilation.

I didn't say anything at the time, because I knew what was coming down, and wanted to see if the primitives changed their tune.

The primitives changed their tune.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2010, 01:46:37 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 11, 2010, 01:45:32 PM
Uh, I remember when freerepublic was sued--some weeks before Skins's island--the primitives were jumping in joy and jubilation.

I didn't say anything at the time, because I knew what was coming down, and wanted to see if the primitives changed their tune.

The primitives changed their tune.

This all has something to do with what is pinned at the top of each forum here.  DUmmies don't care, they just want everything for free.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2010, 01:46:57 PM »
I'm not going to rejoice in this.  If it was only about copyright infringements, that could be handled by a simple takedown request.  I don't think it is.  These people are thugs using the courts to bully site owners into paying out large sums of money. 
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2010, 01:47:45 PM »
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Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Wed Aug-11-10 02:41 PM
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4. That's what we pay DU for - legal issues.

 I'm sure their legal eagles will be pointing out that the LBN is carefully crafted to follow the fair use law, and that the R-J a-holes are shooting from the hip and trying to snare $$ - it'll fail, and I'm hoping as a result of their idiocy, the corporation will have no choice but to liquidate their entire holdings.

Maybe DU can use Reid to lean on them to tell them to knock it off.

Hawkeye-X


Legal eagles at DU?  :rotf:
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2010, 01:48:28 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 11, 2010, 01:46:57 PM
I'm not going to rejoice in this.  If it was only about copyright infringements, that could be handled by a simple takedown request.  I don't think it is.  These people are thugs using the courts to bully site owners into paying out large sums of money. 

I'm not either.  This is a complicated issue, I'm laughing at the DUmmy comments.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2010, 01:51:41 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 11, 2010, 01:46:57 PM
I'm not going to rejoice in this.  If it was only about copyright infringements, that could be handled by a simple takedown request.  I don't think it is.  These people are thugs using the courts to bully site owners into paying out large sums of money. 

I think you're right. I think the lawsuits are filed in hopes of scaring the defendants into making out of court settlements. I'm no lawyer and don't have any background in law, but it seems like the proper order would be :

1. Filing a copyright infringement/takedown notice.
2. If number one fails, then file a lawsuit.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2010, 01:53:07 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on August 11, 2010, 01:48:28 PM
I'm not either.  This is a complicated issue, I'm laughing at the DUmmy comments.

Same here; I'm not laughing at the lawsuit, which of course is a serious matter, no matter who's being sued.

I am however laughing at the primitives, who changed their tune so abruptly.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2010, 01:56:18 PM »
Hell, why shouldn't we laugh at them? The chiefs here are smart enough to read the tea leaves and post a serious warning:



http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,46877.0.html


...and the rest of us are smart enough to pay attention to what we're posting, and whether or not it's from any on the lititigious list.




We're not calling them DUmmies for no reason.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2010, 01:57:32 PM »
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Hawkeye-X  (1000+ posts)        Wed Aug-11-10 02:41 PM
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4. That's what we pay DU for - legal issues.

Is that what the fundraisers are for? :rotf:
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2010, 02:04:05 PM »
Oh, hey, just read some more of the story. They want the DU's domain name!  :rotf:



Waitaminnut....Er...why?     



Guess it's a scalp/trophy. But under what legal theory can Righthaven sue for that as well as monetary damages? Perplexed.

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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2010, 02:10:38 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on August 11, 2010, 01:53:07 PM
Same here; I'm not laughing at the lawsuit, which of course is a serious matter, no matter who's being sued.

I am however laughing at the primitives, who changed their tune so abruptly.

I agreee with you Frank, this is no laughing matter. 

Now, what I want to know is just who the hecks mole got hold of the keys to the Du Clown Car an ran it into the ditch?? :-)  Or was it  W / KKKarl / Limbaugh / Beck who did it??   Certainly it couldn't have been one of the real members of the greatest brain trust in history, could it??
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2010, 02:16:17 PM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on August 11, 2010, 02:10:38 PM
I agreee with you Frank, this is no laughing matter. 

Now, what I want to know is just who the hecks mole got hold of the keys to the Du Clown Car an ran it into the ditch?? :-)  Or was it  W / KKKarl / Limbaugh / Beck who did it??   Certainly it couldn't have been one of the real members of the greatest brain trust in history, could it??

You think moles from here may have deliberately posted copyrighted material on the DUmp and then alerted the copyright holders?  I would never have done that.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2010, 02:17:32 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on August 11, 2010, 02:16:17 PM
You think moles from here may have deliberately posted copyrighted material on the DUmp and then alerted the copyright holders?  I would never have done that.

Don't start any conspiracy theories for the DUmmies, thundley! :evillaugh:
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2010, 02:34:22 PM »
As of today "pampango" is still posting:


http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4500341#4500501



I couldn't find anything in his posts after backtracking him that would suggest that he's anything but a genuine DUmmie:


http://www.boardtracker.com/profile/4129/195051
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2010, 03:00:24 PM »
They still have the post up. I suppose there's no point in their removing it now. I'm not posting the DU link because for all I know that could be trouble (since it includes both the article paragraphs and the link to the Las Vegas Review-Journal). Pampango just posted the article without comment, so I'm just including the (very few) responses:

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1. There's no such thing as "the Tea Party"
 It's just a made up stuff by teabagger dirt group wasting away tea leaves.
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2. that's what nevada needs..... a f'ing conservative--- so much for the vegas hotel staff
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3. Lowden is the Barter with Chickens one?
 Chickens anyone?

http://lowdenplan.com /
 

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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2010, 03:01:21 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on August 11, 2010, 02:16:17 PM
You think moles from here may have deliberately posted copyrighted material on the DUmp and then alerted the copyright holders?  I would never have done that.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2010, 03:04:54 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on August 11, 2010, 02:16:17 PM
You think moles from here may have deliberately posted copyrighted material on the DUmp and then alerted the copyright holders?  I would never have done that.

Remember, OPSEC still applies to Operation LBN, mmmmkay ? 
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2010, 03:14:08 PM »
I'm being cautious and not hitting any links right now. Was there any mentions of the Digital Millennium Copywrite Act? If there is that's how they can glom up the domain name. There's lots of precedent for that.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2010, 03:15:49 PM »
The LV Sun article mentioned it, but R-H claims the DMCA doesn't apply because they were never formally contacted and asked for permission before the articles were posted online.
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2010, 03:23:07 PM »
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2010, 03:40:29 PM »
OK, so are the people who are doing this friends or acquaintances of Obama?
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« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2010, 03:41:42 PM »
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Re: DU being sued by Righthaven for copyright infringement
« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2010, 03:43:31 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on August 11, 2010, 03:41:42 PM
Holy crap.
It's certainly a big coincidence.  :whatever:
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