Righthaven Loses

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @04:15AM from the if-only-this-was-the-end dept.

A month ago we noted that the legal system had put Righthaven on hold, but now redwolfe7707 noted that "A federal judge in Nevada says a Las Vegas law firm targeting unauthorized content on the Internet cannot sue others over a news company's copyrights. The Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday the dismissal of a lawsuit by copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC against the website Democratic Underground. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Roger Hunt says copyright plaintiffs must control the rights to material in order to sue for copyright infringement."

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Compare to BMI or iCopyright by tepples · 2011-06-15 04:44 · Score: 4, Insightful

I am sure that the newspapers will just grant full copyright to RightHaven, for a right to share in the spoils of the lawsuits.
Or another variation: sell Righthaven the exclusive right to sublicense articles to other web sites. This would make Righthaven more like a copyright clearance agency such as BMI or iCopyright.