Nevada GOP candidate faces copyright lawsuit

[mike r]

Source: Associated Press

A company has sued Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, claiming she reprinted two Las Vegas Review-Journal articles on her campaign website without permission.

Las Vegas-based Righthaven is seeking unspecified damages in its complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

The suit alleges Angle neither sought nor received permission to display a Review-Journal article and editorial on her website this summer.

Righthaven tracks Internet traffic for copyright infringements of Review-Journal stories. It then buys the copyright for a story from the newspaper's owner, Stephens Media LLC, and sues the alleged infringer.

Read more: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=news&cd=2&ved=0CC8QqQIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5gi_fbnOZz0d7Sn3Xt5Um2djB8m_QD9I1FGD00&ei=SCCDTNqtGYTGlQf4t7SWDw&usg=AFQjCNEX4IsglJ3umSXnOXAZfR-qf93o-Q

[Downwinder]

1. I could ALMOST like Righthaven for this. n/t

[iamthebandfanman]

2. i know right?

overly strict but fair apparently? lol

they dont discriminate with their lawsuites ;)

[Downwinder]

3. From this article, looks like they had to.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/03/sharron-angle-hit-r-j-copyright-lawsuit/

[Ian David]

4. Hah! Las Vegas Review-Journal sues fucking everyone!

They're suing FreeRepublic.

They're suing Democratic Underground.

They're like the Nigerian Scam of copyright lawsuits!

[Systematic Chaos]

5. That "Nigerian Scam of Lawsuits" line almost cost me a keyboard.

:)

[comtec]

6. YES!!!!!

Honestly, eating their own, but to sue a GOPer?!!?

The GOP has more money in it's war chest than these assholes will ever see!

I sincerely hope the GOP counter sues and shuts these assholes down but good.

[izquierdista]

7. May they have voracious appetites

What to do when right-wingers start taking a bite out of each other? Pass the condiments. :popcorn:

[starroute]

8. Only the Angle case doesn't sound like fair use

The linked article doesn't go into detail, but it does say she "reprinted" both an article and an editorial on her website. If the used them in their entirety and didn't just quote a few excerpts, that wouldn't give much legal basis for a countersuit.

[kpete]

9. Nevada GOP candidate (Sharron Angle) faces copyright lawsuit

Source: Washington Post

Nevada GOP candidate faces copyright lawsuit

The Associated Press
Saturday, September 4, 2010; 11:13 PM

LAS VEGAS -- A company has sued Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, claiming she reprinted two Las Vegas Review-Journal articles on her campaign website without permission.

Las Vegas-based Righthaven is seeking unspecified damages in its complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

The suit alleges Angle neither sought nor received permission to display a Review-Journal article and editorial on her website this summer.

An Angle spokesman says he would not comment until the campaign's lawyers have reviewed the suit.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/04/AR2010090403969.html?hpid=politics

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[activa8tr]

11. Couldn't have happened to a nicer woman...Geeze how wonderful ! n/t

[IndianaGreen]

12. Righthaven will sue anyone for their $25,000

Perhaps DOJ should investigate Righthaven (they are suing DU).

[ThomCat]

13. She sucks, but Righthaven sucks just as much.

If a business exists for the sole purpose of filing frivolous lawsuits, can the courts shut down their business at some point?

Can a judge get so pissed at seeing so many lawsuits from them that they finally get prohibited from filing any more?

[krabigirl]

15. +1

[rasputin1952]

16. Just like Westboro Baptist Church...

the only reason they exist is to sue others, that's the only way they can fund their miserable existence.

[msongs]

14. not LBN was posted multiple times yesterday nt

[orbitalman]

17. Well, that certainly is a way to keep your name in front of everyone. n/t