EFF Sues Newspaper Chain’s Copyright Troll (DU mentioned)

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By David Kravets September 29, 2010

Righthaven, the Las Vegas-based copyright troll, may have sued one website too many. The Electronic Frontier Foundation hit the company with a lawsuit Monday alleging Righthaven is abusing copyright law by suing for excerpting or posting newspaper articles without permission.

Law firm Righthaven was formed earlier this year for the sole purpose of suing for copyright infringement. So far, its main client, Stephens Media, has publicly authorized it to sue the operators of 145 internet sites on behalf of its flagship paper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

San Francisco’s EFF, which has been shopping for one of the cases to take, has agreed to defend user-generated Democratic Underground, a site that says it provides “political satire and commentary for Democrats.”

It’s also filed a countersuit claiming Monday that Righthaven is a “front and sham representative” of Stephens Media with a sole mission “to seek windfall recoveries of statutory damages and to exact nuisance settlements.”



Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/righthaven-sham/

[n2doc]

1. kick n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

2. K&R!

:kick:

[TexasObserver]

3. Righthaven should be hit with huge sanctions.

The one thing federal courts do not need is frivolous litigation, particularly where the damages alleged have no bearing on reality. I hope they hit Righthaven with major sanctions, and that includes their lawyers. These cases are extortionate.

[PJPhreak]

4. Kick harder! nt

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, n2doc.:thumbsup:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. K&R