‘Copyright troll’ Righthaven loses key client as lawsuits taper off

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

The company Righthaven, LLC., known to its critics as a "copyright troll" that earns its money by suing media organizations over copyright claims, has been struggling lately thanks to a string of court losses -- but on Thursday the company may have sustained a fatal blow.

With over 50 newspapers, including The Denver Post, MediaNews Group is one of Righthaven's largest clients. The two companies joined forces a year ago, but that contract is soon to expire. In a feature published Thursday by Wired Magazine, MediaNews Group's new CEO says the deal is through.

"The issues about copyright are real," CEO John Paton told Wired. "But the idea that you would hire someone on an — essentially — success fee to run around and sue people at will who may or may not have infringed as a way of protecting yourself … does not reflect how news is created and disseminated in the modern world."

He even called it a "dumb idea from the start."

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/08/copyright-troll-righthaven-loses-key-client-as-lawsuits-taper-off/

[Broderick]

1. duh

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Hey,numbnutz, YOU signed onto that 'dumb idea'

I guess that's why CEOs make the big bucks - to arbitrarily & capriciously enter into stupid business ventures with unscrupulous snake-oil salesmen. Your shareholders & board of directors may want a new captain at the helm.