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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."

18 of 44 comments (clear)

  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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Re:gotta love it by SuricouRaven · · Score: 4, Funny

    Redirect them to the Pirate Bay, of course.

  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!

  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 rrohbeck · · Score: 3, Informative

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

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

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

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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 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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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  11. 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.

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

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

  13. 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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  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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