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User ID: 1225990 United States 06/20/2011 06:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Victory! Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit a Sham! Court Finds Righthaven Had No Authority to Bring Claims Against Political Forum San Francisco - In a decision with likely wide-ranging impact, a judge in Las Vegas today dismissed as a sham an infringement case filed by copyright troll Righthaven LLC. The judge ruled that Righthaven did not have the legal authorization to bring a copyright lawsuit against the political forum Democratic Underground, because it had never owned the copyright in the first place. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Fenwick & West LLP, and Las Vegas attorney Chad Bowers are defending Democratic Underground. "We are pleased that the Court saw through Righthaven's sham assignment of the copyright and dismissed its improper claim," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. "Today's decision shows that Righthaven's copyright litigation business model is fatally flawed, and we expect the decision to have wide effect on the over 270 other cases Righthaven has brought." Read the entire article at: [ link to www.eff.org (secure)] |
OmarEastwind (OP)
User ID: 1225990 United States 06/20/2011 06:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Victory! Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit a Sham! Didn't GLP have some problems with these Righthven clowns a few months back? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1436457 Australia 06/20/2011 06:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Victory! Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit a Sham! Good. |
OmarEastwind (OP)
User ID: 1225990 United States 06/20/2011 07:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Victory! Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit a Sham! Good. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1436457Thanks for the bump... I'll bump it one more time... |