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Righthaven Loses

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. My favorite line. by SniperJoe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My favorite line from the judge's ruling?

    "IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Righthaven show cause, in writing, no later than two (2) weeks from the date of this order, why it should not be sanctioned. "

    Kudos to the Judge on this one.

    1. Re:My favorite line. by SniperJoe · · Score: 5, Informative

      By the way, Wired had a bit more information on the ruling also:

      http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/copyright-troll-sanctions/

      A link to the PDF of the judge's order can be found on the EFF's website as well:

      http://www.eff.org/cases/righthaven-v-democratic-underground

    2. Re:My favorite line. by DworkinLV · · Score: 5, Informative

      Here's a copy of the judge's order. http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/06/huntsanctions.pdf

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  2. Re:This is confusing, a little by Dragonslicer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of course a company can hire a law firm to work on a lawsuit against anyone the company wants. When they do, though, the company's name, not the law firm's name, is attached to the case as the plaintiff. In this case, though, Righthaven is listed as the plaintiff, which means that they aren't the firm hired to work on the case, but that they are claiming to be the party that has been harmed.