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Online piracy legislation stalls in Congress

donal brown January 17, 2012

It now appears now that Congressional bills to protect copyright on the Internet will be embroiled in a long, intense struggle even as President Barack Obama declared his opposition to key elements of the bills. The technology industry opposes the bills out of concern that they will stifle free speech and innovation. -db From The New York Times, January 15, 2012, by Jenna Wortham and Somini Sengupta with contribution from Nick Bilton. Full story  

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Colorado: Blogger wins legal fees and dismissal of Righthaven lawsuit

donal brown September 29, 2011

Righthaven has lost again with a Colorado court ruling that a suit against a blogger was baseless and ordering the copyright troll to pay court costs and attorneys’ fees. In addition, the court put a stay on over 50 cases Righthaven filed in Colorado for copyright infringements. -db From the Electronic Frontier Foundation, September 28, 2011, by Julie Samuels. Full story

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Creditor moves to seize Righthaven assets

donal brown September 20, 2011

A man awarded legal fees for defending himself against a Righthaven copyright lawsuit asked a judge to authorize  U.S. Marshalls to seize Righthaven’s bank accounts, property and other assets. Righthaven missed the deadline to pay the $34,000 in fees. Righthaven CEO Steve Gibson said his firm would be vindicated for suing the man who had published an editorial verbatim on the website to prompt discussion of public employee pensions. -db From Wired, September 19, 2011,

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