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Death Knell For Righthaven In 9th Circuit Decision

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-the-wicked-copyright-troll-of-the-east dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Ars Technica: "Righthaven, the Las Vegas operation that sought to turn newspaper article copyright lawsuits into a business model, can now slap a date on its death certificate: May 9, 2013. This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on the two Righthaven appeals that could have given the firm a final glimmer of hope — and the court told Righthaven to take a hike (PDF)."

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  1. Done? Really? by Virtucon · · Score: 4, Informative

    I guess they've never heard about SCO v. IBM.. and SCO v. AutoZone and ...

    SCO was the retarded company that wouldn't go away and never had a leg to stand on yet they kept on filing suits that in retrospect were dumb. We all knew
    that they were dumb at the time but again, there's this thing called the legal system.

    The legal system unfortunately has these things in them called lawyers who bill at astronomical rates and right now there's a flood of lawyers on the market. So, there'll be a high probability that they'll keep on filing claims, counter claims and outrageous charges everywhere.

    So, stay tuned I'll bet there will be another chapter in this saga.

       

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  2. Re:SCO anyone? by sconeu · · Score: 4, Informative

    Groklaw is probably the best site for info on SCO(XQ)

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