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Righthaven meets a sorry end

donal brown March 19, 2012

When a Nevada federal district court transferred Righthaven’s intellectual property to a court-appointed receiver for auction, it appeared that the copyright enforcer is finally done for. Righthaven had attempted to conduct business by suing small time bloggers and others for posting content from newspapers that Righthaven claimed had sold them the copyrights. -db From a commentary for the Citizens Media Law Project, March 15, 2012, by Arthur Bright. Full story    

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Louis Vuitton files cease-and-desist order over trademark parody by Penn students

donal brown March 6, 2012

Louis Vuitton should lighten up after filing a cease-and-desist letter accusing a student group at University of Pennsylvania of violating copyright with a parody of the LV signature pattern in advertising a symposium on fashion and intellectual property law, argues Arthur Bright for the Citizen Media Law Project. Bright says LV has a lot more to lose in public relations capital than it could possibly gain by such a suit against student. -db From a

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Google finds cause in Righthaven appeal

donal brown January 17, 2012

Google has filed an amicus brief in the appeal of a Righthaven case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing for flexibility in applying the fair use doctrine. The case under appeal pitted Righthaven against the Center for Intercultural Organizing over the Center’s posting of a Las Vegas Review-Journal article. -db From the Courthouse News Service, January 16, 2012, by Maria Dinzeo. Full story  

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Recording industry files amicus in Righthaven appeal

donal brown December 8, 2011

The Association of American Publishers and the Recording Industry Association of America are siding with Righthaven in its appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to get an adverse ruling on fair use off the books. They claim in an amicus brief that it was an error to consider whether Righthaven held the copyright. Rather the court should  rule on the basis that the actual copyright owner was Stephens Media. -db

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