Righthaven

Righthaven meets a sorry end

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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Google finds cause in Righthaven appeal

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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News media establish company to protect content

Twenty-nine news companies are forming NewsRight, a for-profit enterprise, to protect copyrighted content and to seek fees in cases of unauthorized use of content. NewsRight intends to avoid the errors of Righthaven, the so-called copyright troll, who suffered devastating defeats in the courts caused by its shoddy practices. -db From MediaPost, January 5, 2012, by Erik Sass. Full story  

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PBS’s MediaShift lists eleven top stories in media law for 2011

MediaShift’s top media law stories for 2011 include journalists’ coverage of Occupy movements; the proposed online piracy legislation; net neutrality; coverage of live police actions; Righthaven and the “hot news” doctrine. -db From a commentary in MediaShift, December 23, 2011, by Rob Arcamona, Jeff Hermes and Andy Sellars. Full story

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Recording industry files amicus in Righthaven appeal

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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