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Righthaven Redux — With a Difference

Posted by timothy on from the fuer-ausgezeichnet-justiz dept.

First time accepted submitter Capt.Albatross writes "At Boing Boing, Rob Beschizza reports that, in an act of delicious irony, Swiss ISP Ort Cloud [sic] has acquired Righthaven's domain name and has relaunched Righthaven.com as a web hosting service diametrically opposed to the practices of its original owner, a notorious but ultimately unsuccessful copyright troll. The new owners, in partnership with first amendment lawyer Marc Randazza (who was instrumental in the original Righthaven's demise), promise 'infrajuridsictional infrastructure' — uptime that would require international cooperation to bring down. 'Frivolous plaintiffs will find little comfort here' says Ort Cloud's Stefan Thalberg. The domain name became available in a court-ordered auction of Righthaven LLC's assets, to pay its creditors."

44 comments

  1. May I be the first to say... by inode_buddha · · Score: 2

    BwahahahHahahaHAAhahaha....

    "...uptime that would require international cooperation to bring down. 'Frivolous plaintiffs will find little comfort here' "

    c|n>k

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    1. Re:May I be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What?? Nooooo.... it's guaranteed!

      We're going to use a US domain name, then have servers in The Netherlands, then we're going to be operating out of New Zealand with a Hong Kong company! Hah!

      Do it, MPAA/RIAA! Try it again tonight!

    2. Re:May I be the first to say... by Ja'Achan · · Score: 1

      Doesn't that just increase the attack vector?

  2. gotta love it by ganjadude · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When you get to slap the trolls in the face like that. Its too bad we cant get the MPAA and RIAA domains from them with all their frivolous lawsuits

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    1. Re:gotta love it by ganjadude · · Score: 4, Informative

      Never said I personally did, Its just nice to see the trolls get what they deserve.

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    2. Re:gotta love it by SuricouRaven · · Score: 4, Funny

      Redirect them to the Pirate Bay, of course.

    3. Re:gotta love it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That can already be done via DNS servers. Just get them on a technicality and use SOPA against them.

    4. Re:gotta love it by JonWan · · Score: 0

      how about posting Jack Valenti's grave? http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19109468

    5. Re:gotta love it by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

      You wouldn't know what to do with those domains if you had them.

      I'd found the Monty Python Association of America...

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    6. Re:gotta love it by hairyfeet · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'd know what to do with at least one of them: "Rockers Independent Alliance Association or RIAA, dedicated to being a one stop shop to help independent artists connect with fans and each other and promote the freedom of music while still letting the artist make a living by helping set up tours, the selling of promo items, and generally helping both fans and artists enjoy the wonder that is music" sounds like a good idea to me.

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    7. Re:gotta love it by sconeu · · Score: 1, Redundant

      No you wouldn't!!!

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    8. Re:gotta love it by Rennt · · Score: 1

      If you could do all that you wouldn't need the RIAA's domains.

  3. stick your sic, Craptain Arsebastard by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    "Ort" is German for a city of town, so it isn't necessarily a misspelling of the solar system's suburbs.

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  4. fundraising idea by Trepidity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps, for a fee, they could send you your very own custom frivolous takedown notice, so you can relive the old days.

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  5. Excellent logo - Portuguese man o' war by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 2

    The log at http://righthaven.com/ must be a Portuguese man o' war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o%27_War) which is a carnivore using its venomous tentacles, a man o' war traps and paralyzes its prey.

    Brilliant!

    1. Re:Excellent logo - Portuguese man o' war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That is all quite true, but the real reason is that the Portuguese man o'war is a jellyfish. The new Righthaven's mantra is that they provide spineful hosting, inclined to ignore takedown requests. A jellyfish is an animal well known to have no backbone. Notice the red circle with the slash. What their logo really means is, "We are not jellyfish. We do have a backbone."

  6. Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by Penguinshit · · Score: 4, Informative

    A certain publishing house is trying to assert copyright over public domain material. (yes it's a link to my blog but typing is very difficult for me so I don't want to repeat myself).

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    1. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I know, pressing CTRL-C and CTRL-V are very hard. Since I injured my finger, I sometimes have to use two hands to press them. But still, I can copy and paste and not have to send people to my blog.

    2. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Informative

      You should have clicked OP's .sig before typing that.

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    3. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You may not have known this, but real ACs can't see sigs. Of course, GP may have been logged in, and just checked the AC box, but if he's like me and doesn't have or want an account, your advice is pointless and silly.

    4. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by auLucifer · · Score: 4, Informative

      If you'd have opened his link you'd have see why right on his page: "diagnosed with ALS in 2004 and continued working until 2008 when I could no longer control a mouse"

      Truly an insensitive clod.

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    5. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by oodaloop · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hey, I'm an insensitive clod, you insensitive clod!

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    6. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by Dan541 · · Score: 1

      Because clicking a mouse is so damn hard?

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    7. Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... by FatLittleMonkey · · Score: 1

      Doesn't that just amplify the troll's point? Ctrl-c, ctrl-v is a hell of a lot less typing than "(yes it's a link to my blog but typing is very difficult for me so I don't want to repeat myself)."

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  7. "The Bug" From MIB Says... by BlueStrat · · Score: 2

    ...uptime that would require international cooperation to bring down.

    "Your terms are acceptable."

    [NO CARRIER]

    Strat

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  8. This is like taking over the Death Star by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's now called the Life Star, and instead of blowing up planets, it'll cover them with a spray of flowers.

    Or something.

    I just wanted to use the Star Wars metaphor.

    1. Re:This is like taking over the Death Star by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That would just be death by a different name. Think of all the unique biological treasures covering a planet with flowers would destroy. Sure, it might look pretty when it happens, but come back in a year and that planet is going to be dead.

    2. Re:This is like taking over the Death Star by SuricouRaven · · Score: 2

      Just use freshly-dead, seedless flowers. That way they get to celebrate for a week, and all the flowers turn into harmless compost. You'd still have things like algal blooms to deal with, but it shouldn't be a planet-killer.

    3. Re:This is like taking over the Death Star by EdIII · · Score: 1

      Hmmmm.... I like it.

      I imagine that for extra irony you would have Darth Vader's Day Care as an added benefit for employees with children?

    4. Re:This is like taking over the Death Star by skine · · Score: 1

      One question that obviously leaps to mind, Professor Death, is why on Earth you elected to name this contraption of yours the Giant Death ohIsee.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgejSCHRi8

    5. Re:This is like taking over the Death Star by gmhowell · · Score: 1

      It's now called the Life Star, and instead of blowing up planets, it'll cover them with a spray of flowers.

      Or something.

      I just wanted to use the Star Wars metaphor.

      Everyone knows it should be called the Peace Moon.

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  9. waste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Righthaven are the ones laughing - they'll just pop-up under a new name. No one should purchase any of their assets. If that were to happen more, perhaps judges would be inclined to seek compensation from offending parties rather than the corporations.

    1. Re:waste by folderol · · Score: 4, Informative

      The 'old' Righthaven got nothing from the sale of their domain - it all went to their creditors.

  10. client list? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    bang bros. kink.com. pro-bono. lol.

  11. Calm down bro by Mister+Liberty · · Score: 2

    Ort Cloud [sic] obviously is a play on Oort Cloud.
    Because Oort was Dutch and Cloud is English it's neither here nor there
    whether they speak German in Switzerland.

  12. Randazaa is no hero, just another smarmy lawyer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    He is on the side of the RIAA in the bittorrent lawsuits, and goes on at length on his blog (The Legal Satyricon) about how the fines in the [few] RIAA verdicts are completely justified. He talks about fairness, that is until his income is affected, then he's just like any other lawyer.

  13. infrajuridsictional by Arancaytar · · Score: 1

    Even without the typo, infrajurisdictional literally means "below the jurisdiction". Servers in the planetary core?

    Interjurisdictional?

  14. Re:increase the attack vector by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 2

    Sure. Multinational cooperation, hmm?

    "Oh look! Everybody just signed ACTA!" (12 phone calls later) "Yes Boss, they'll be down in 17 hours and that's only because of all the time zones."

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  15. Re:slap by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 1

    Problem is, Righthaven was just a straw man. It only took a figurative slap to bring them down.

    I can't believe any of the news anymore, because yesterday's tin foil hat is becoming today's news.

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  16. Hey, Stefan, get a clue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Of course the DHS could just seize the domain name were they to disagree with any content served via righthaven.com