Nevada Judge Threatens Sanctions for Copyright Troll

[Mike220]

Tried to put this in the actual thread addressing this, but it's locked.

But all I can say is ****ing ouch. Looks like Righthaven might have dicked themselves hard and are going down.

Wired

A Las Vegas federal judge threatened to sanction copyright troll Righthaven, calling its litigation efforts Tuesday “disingenuous, if not outright deceitful.”

The blistering decision also places into doubt the litigation factory’s year-old business model, which is also under a Colorado federal judge’s microscope.

U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt of Nevada ordered Righthaven to explain why Hunt should not sanction it for trying to “manufacture standing.” Standing is a legal concept that has enabled Righthaven to bring 200-plus lawsuits on behalf of the copyrights owned by news agency Stephens Media of Las Vegas.

“The court believes that Righthaven has made multiple inaccurate and likely dishonest statements to the court,” (.pdf) Hunt wrote.

In all its lawsuits, Righthaven, which uses a loophole in copyright law to sue blogs and others for infringement, claims ownership of the copyright material even though judge Hunt found that it is not the real owner.

Judge Hunt’s diatribe was in a ruling in which he said Righthaven did not have standing to bring a copyright lawsuit against the Democratic Underground blog for allegedly pilfering four paragraphs from a 34-paragraph story published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which is owned by Stephens Media. The judge suggested Righthaven never had standing because a “copyright owner cannot assign a bare right to sue.”

[Chris_]

What thread was that?

[Mike220]

What thread was that?

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

[Chris_]

There are other Righthaven threads.  I usually start them in General Discussion.