October 20, 2011
— LauraW The predatory lawsuit factory/ extortion scheme known as RightHaven has been having all sorts of legal problems, culminating in a rejection of their latest emergency motion.
Because of courtroom defeats at the hands of Hoehn and other defendants, RighthavenÂ’s financial condition has deteriorated.Its lawsuit settlement revenue is dwindling and it hasnÂ’t filed lawsuits for months while it waits for one or more of the Nevada judges to rule on whether it can sue under an amended lawsuit contract with the Review-Journal.
-------------------------------------------Righthaven had argued to the appeals court Sept. 27 that without a stay in the Hoehn case, “Righthaven may be forced to file bankruptcy to protect its intellectual property and propriety assets from seizure and liquidation.”
9th Circuit's response to RightHaven's plight, loosely paraphrased: "Boo-frickin'-hoo."
Clayton Cramer speculates on what this will mean for RightHaven's future. And it is deeeelicious.
Thanks to Retired Geezer (aka Man Of Substance) who unfortunately had excised much of his older blog content to protect himself from RightHaven's lawsuit thugs.
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Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2011 04:19 PM (fyOgS)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 20, 2011 04:25 PM (GZitp)
What goes around, Comes around, RightHaven.
You Sad, Bro?
Posted by: Retired Geezer at October 20, 2011 04:30 PM (+OP/p)
Cry me river.
Posted by: Joe Cocker at October 20, 2011 04:32 PM (70TBD)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 20, 2011 04:33 PM (BUcLz)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 20, 2011 08:31 PM (KUrJA)
Not so fast, bro.
Posted by: Dale Earnhardt at October 20, 2011 04:34 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: I Hate Libs at October 20, 2011 08:33 PM (ql1dc)
He already has. Obama is president.
Posted by: Dale Earnhardt at October 20, 2011 04:35 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: Mayday at October 20, 2011 04:37 PM (orrLR)
God has refudiated us all, as the slimy libs endorse homo sexuality, free love, abortion, etc, etc, We are doomed, as He is not happy.
Posted by: I Hate Libs at October 20, 2011 04:37 PM (ql1dc)
The things I learn at the HQ, did not know that bankruptcy law protects sharks.
Posted by: Retread at October 20, 2011 04:38 PM (UvV0d)
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at October 20, 2011 04:39 PM (l8iDY)
Posted by: I Hate Libs at October 20, 2011 08:37 PM (ql1dc)
So quit fuckin' other guys in the ass while aborting babies, shithead.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at October 20, 2011 04:40 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at October 20, 2011 04:40 PM (l8iDY)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 20, 2011 08:37 PM (ZgBZU)
Her hump was not properly covered.
Posted by: Mulla Muldoon at October 20, 2011 04:42 PM (70TBD)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 20, 2011 04:43 PM (NLH1M)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 20, 2011 04:46 PM (Ba6aP)
Posted by: Ronster at October 20, 2011 08:44 PM (/ej8I)
Hell man. He shot it, stabbed it, immolated it, and stuffed what was left in a wood chipper.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at October 20, 2011 04:46 PM (qiOph)
Posted by: Ronster at October 20, 2011 04:47 PM (/ej8I)
I guess ace killed it with the baseball thread.
A Whirled Serious thread? I'll hang out here and Occupy Laura's Thread.
Is it #OLT or #OLWT?
Posted by: fluffy at October 20, 2011 04:49 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Stormy at October 20, 2011 04:50 PM (vumtW)
Posted by: I Hate Libs at October 20, 2011 04:50 PM (ql1dc)
Posted by: alexthechick at October 20, 2011 08:46 PM (Gk3SS)
omg i look exactly...!......not like that
hate her.
Posted by: willow at October 20, 2011 04:51 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Ronster at October 20, 2011 04:52 PM (/ej8I)
That's it in a nutshell as I recall.
However, one big weakness that they did not account for is if someone fought them in court and won on one of a myriad of issues. Here, if I remember correctly, they lost a battle on the basis of not having the standing to sue, which pretty much destroyed their business model (why settle with an entity that cannot sue you), and any funding that they had dried up almost overnight.
They get no love from the intarwebz for obvious reason, and it is kind of a big deal in the blogging world (one of their target revenue sources).
Posted by: Flounder at October 20, 2011 04:53 PM (Kkt/i)
Posted by: When Elves Attack ePub at October 20, 2011 04:53 PM (OMloq)
I don't follow baseball, so it's you and me fluffy.
The Red Sox aren't in it, so I don't have to share the subway with baseball fans after work.
Posted by: fluffy at October 20, 2011 04:56 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Mr Fever Head at October 20, 2011 04:56 PM (SzAZ7)
Posted by: Ronster at October 20, 2011 04:58 PM (/ej8I)
Out of scotch.
Can't concentrate on comments.
May have to sip Bullet Bourbon.
Hope I can take it.
Is this the hope andchange I have been hearing so much about?
Posted by: Ohio Dan at October 20, 2011 05:00 PM (JKNDp)
You messed up the link, Mang.
Posted by: fluffy at October 20, 2011 08:58 PM (4pSIn)
That was Pixy raping my wordthoughts.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2011 05:00 PM (o1ki4)
Sorry I goofed on the background story guys. There have been posts here about them over the last year or so, but basically a lot of bloggers have been stifled by this rogue copyright infringement lawsuit scheme.
Even if a blogger used an excerpt from a news story that was well within fair use standards, this company would attack them and file a copyright infringement suit without even asking the blogger to take the material down first. It cost the bloggers more money to defend themselves than to settle with RightHaven, so guess what they would do?
Total shakedown scheme.
Posted by: lauraw at October 20, 2011 05:07 PM (DbybK)
The only thing more delicious than these morons going out of business would be that the legal analysis I've heard of the case comes true. That analysis said that RightHaven not only didn't have rights to the material they were suing over, but that the contract was faulty to the point where it leaves their benefactor open to having his personal fortune seized to settle any debts incurred by RightHaven, such as punitive damages awarded by the courts.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 20, 2011 05:08 PM (90qqK)
Yeah, I remember reading about those Righthaven assholes; suing everybody with drive-by lawsuits. Apparently, Gibson and his flying monkeys troll the internet to find "copyright infringements" involving Las Vegas Review Journal articles. They buy the copyright then sue the blogger or website for the supposed "infringement". The whole Righthaven firms is chock full of rabid, obsessive fucksticks, whose livelihood depends on harrassing and threatening (READ: Extorting) for monetary gain. Their frivolous bullshit gets tossed out of court on a regular basis.
Posted by: SFC MAC at October 20, 2011 05:09 PM (h1hkE)
RIGHT Haven, you money grubbin fascist bastards, leave people the fk alone.
Posted by: I Hate Libs at October 20, 2011 05:12 PM (ql1dc)
Posted by: toby928© at October 20, 2011 05:12 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Singyn at October 20, 2011 05:15 PM (NBj0d)
Posted by: Steve Jobs epub at October 20, 2011 05:23 PM (OMloq)
If RightHaven is going down, there's only one deserving epitaph for their tombstone: COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A NICER BUNCH OF A**HOLES.
Posted by: newton at October 20, 2011 05:26 PM (q5ZJk)
Here's a Wired story that details their earlier troubles.
"It turns out Righthaven didnÂ’t own the copyrights it was filing suit over. Instead, Stephens Media granted Righthaven permission to sue over the newspaper chainÂ’s content in exchange for a 50 percent cut of all the settlements and jury awards: the agreement did not grant Righthaven license to use the content in any other way. The EFF called it a 'sham.' Judge Hunt agreed, ruling that a 'copyright owner cannot assign a bare right to sue'"
Posted by: Flounder at October 20, 2011 05:31 PM (Kkt/i)
This web site is my breathing in, really fantastic pattern and perfect subject matter.
Posted by: Death & Taxes ePub at October 20, 2011 05:59 PM (2CDMi)
Posted by: Neil at October 20, 2011 06:43 PM (KqCSa)
Another detail about all of this that REALLY sucked is that these sites got sued even if a commenter posted a cut n' paste from a news article into their comments section. If this stuff had gone on and on, there would be no unmoderated comments anywhere.
To their credit, one of the first sites, if not THE first site, to actually fight these d-bags straight on, was Democratic Underground. We think they're wrong about everything else in life, but give credit where it is due.
Posted by: lauraw at October 20, 2011 07:06 PM (DbybK)
Posted by: Tamora Pierce Mastiff ePub at October 20, 2011 07:32 PM (wkzne)
Ace, Innocent Bystanders, SondraK and YOUR other favorite bloggers all ran the risk of being sued by RightHaven for simply linking to interesting articles.
Thank God that somebody had teh balls to fight back cause it wasn't gonna be me.
I don't have 15k laying around in my 'in-case-of-Assholes' fund.
Thanks, Lauraw for bringing it to everybody's attention.
Posted by: Retired Geezer at October 20, 2011 08:09 PM (+OP/p)
Posted by: Neil at October 21, 2011 07:28 AM (dteIy)
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