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Righthaven dunned for lawyer’s fees

donal brown July 7, 2011

Righthaven has lost another legal battle this time over lawyer’s fees. A federal judge order the copyright enforcement firm to pay over $3,800 to lawyers for Michael Leon whom Righthaven sued for infringment of copyright. In June a Nevada federal district judge ruled that Righthaven had no standing to sue for copyright violations of Las Vegas Review-Journal articles because the newspaper had not granted Righthaven the ability to license the pieces. -db From the Online

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Opinion: Righthaven lacks exclusive copyright ownership of Stephens Media news articles

donal brown April 19, 2011

Electronic Frontier Foundation Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl says that in obtaining  from a federal district court an agreement between Righthaven and Stephens Media, it discovered that although Righthaven claimed in its suits for copyright infringement that it held exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute Stephens Media news articles, that the agreement stated that Righthaven “shall have no right or license to Exploit or participate in the receipt of royalties from the Exploitation of the

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Media Bloggers Association criticizes Righthaven in amicus brief

donal brown February 28, 2011

The Media Bloggers Association has asked a federal judge in Nevada to award only minimal damages and no lawyer’s fees to Righthaven who is suing a blogger for violating copyright in publishing an article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal on his website. The lawyers for the bloggers argued in the brief that the damages asked, $150,000, and $1,850 in lawyer’s fees were excessive in light of nature of the alleged infringement. -db From a commentary

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EFF offers help to defendants in copyright lawsuits

donal brown August 26, 2010

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has offered to help bloggers caught in Righthaven’s copyright infringement web. -db Electronic Frontier Foundation Commentary August 25, 2010 By Eva Galperin The Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking to assist defendants in the Righthaven copyright troll lawsuits. Righthaven, founded in March of 2010, files hundreds of copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of newspaper publishers against bloggers who make use of news content without permission. To that end, Righthaven searches the internet

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Blogger sued for copying news article claims license provided for republication

donal brown August 19, 2010

A blogger sued by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for republishing one of its articles has argued that the newspaper gave him “implied license” to republish by encouraging readers to save links to the work and send the links to others. -db Online Media Daily August 18, 2010 By Wendy Davis A blogger sued for allegedly reposting a Las Vegas Review-Journal article has raised an argument that, if accepted, could affect a broad swath of copyright

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