Righthaven Hit With Class Action Counterclaim

Hugh Pickens writes "Steve Green reports that one of the website operators accused of copyright infringement by Righthaven has retaliated, hitting the Las Vegas company with a class-action counterclaim, charging that defendants in all 57 Righthaven cases in Colorado 'are victims of extortion litigation by Righthaven, which has made such extortion litigation a part of its, if not its entire, business model.' The counterclaim says Righthaven has victimized defendants by failing to send takedown notices prior to suing, by threatening to take their website domain names when that's not provided for under the federal Copyright Act, by falsely claiming it owns the copyrights at issue and by failing to investigate jurisdictional and fair use issues before suing, among other things. The claim seeks an adjudication that Righthaven's copyright infringement lawsuits amount to unfair and deceptive trade practices under Colorado law, an injunction permanently enjoining Righthaven from continuing the alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices, an unspecified financial award to the class-action plaintiffs for damages as well as their costs and attorney's fees."

Comments

Re:One more thing they should have asked for

[Anne Thwacks]

Somewhat optimistically, I misread this as disembowellment of the lawyers. Even Shakespeare would be impressed if that happens.

God, if you exist,

[martas]

PLEASE help them win this counterclaim! Seriously dude, I know you like a hands-off approach to parenting, but in this case we could really use your help...

Re:One more thing they should have asked for

[Opportunist]

Ran out of sharks with lasers?