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Opinion: Righthaven overstepped but protection for newspapers still vital

donal brown December 1, 2011

Righthaven’s methods in pursuing copyright violations turned out to be bogus and unfair resulting in its bankruptcy, but, says Jeffrey D. Neuburger in MediaShift, it would be too bad if the company did not survive long enough to pursue appeals lest newspapers lose ground in receiving just compensation for their work. -db From a commentary for MediaShift, December 1, 2011, by Jeffrey D. Neuburger. 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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Opinion: Life after Righthaven shows promise

donal brown September 15, 2011

Commentators for the Electronic Freedom Foundation, Rainey Reitman and Kurt Opsahl, write that in the ashes of Righthaven’s attempt to capitalize on copyright infringement of newspaper articles, there is hope for a new world of free expression. The commentators commend Digital First Media for its advocacy of open sharing of content. -db From the Electronic Freedom Foundation, September 12, 2011, by Rainey Reitman and Kurt Opsahl. Full story

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MediaNews, Denver Post drop copyright troll Righthaven

donal brown September 13, 2011

The CEO of MediaNews Group declared it “a dumb idea” to sign up with the copyright troll Righthaven. Righthaven was founded over a year ago to make money by buying copyrights from news outlets then suing for copyright infringement. Courts have recently ruled that the Righthaven agreements with the media did not actually result in true acquisition of the copyrights so Righthaven had no standing to sue for copyright infringement. -db From Wired, September 8,

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