Righthaven Redux — With a Difference

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."

Comments

Re:gotta love it

[ganjadude]

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

fundraising idea

[Trepidity]

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

Re:gotta love it

[SuricouRaven]

Redirect them to the Pirate Bay, of course.

Worse Than Copyright Trolls...

[Penguinshit]

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).

Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls...

[auLucifer]

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.

This is like taking over the Death Star

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:gotta love it

[K. S. Kyosuke]

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

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

Re:waste

[folderol]

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

Re:gotta love it

[hairyfeet]

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.