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Righthaven wins key ruling as new criticism leveled over suits
Las Vegas Sun ^ | Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 | 9:31 a.m. | By Steve Green

Posted on 09/03/2010 5:57:44 PM PDT by redreno

The Las Vegas Review-Journal's online copyright enforcement partner won an important legal ruling in federal court Thursday -- just as a new round of criticism erupted over the no-warning lawsuit campaign over Review-Journal stories.

In a case pitting the Review-Journal's partner, Righthaven LLC, against a Texas law firm, Chief U.S. District Judge for Nevada Roger Hunt denied the law firm's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; 2ndamendment; attackontheright; firstamendment; leeches; lvrj; reidmustbeinvolved; righthaven; roaches; secondamendment; shuttingdownblogs; shuttingdownnewmedia; weasels; zer0tactics
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1 posted on 09/03/2010 5:57:44 PM PDT by redreno
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To: redreno

Pirates in pinstripes.


2 posted on 09/03/2010 6:14:55 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: facedown

Extortionists extraordinaire........


3 posted on 09/03/2010 8:18:19 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: dbwz; myboyz; 2nd amendment mama

ping!


4 posted on 09/03/2010 8:19:45 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: redreno
Righthaven "trolls" the Internet to find online infringements of Review-Journal stories, then obtains copyrights to those stories from Stephens Media LLC and finally files no-warning copyright infringement lawsuits based on the retroactive infringements.

And this sleezy practice is ok with the courts, good grief.

5 posted on 09/03/2010 10:29:31 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Jean S

‘And this sleezy practice is ok with the courts, good grief.’

The court has made no ruling on the substance of the case, just that it is theoretically possible that there might be a case.


6 posted on 09/03/2010 10:52:54 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
In that case, isn't the title of this piece a bit exagerrated?
7 posted on 09/03/2010 10:59:15 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

I have noticed that the Las Vegas Review-Journal has not reported anything about Righthaven and the Las Vegas Sun is publishing constant articles.


8 posted on 09/03/2010 11:02:12 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: redreno
I am trying to watch this case:

R-J accused of entrapment over copyright enforcement

9 posted on 09/03/2010 11:31:45 PM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: Jean S

‘In that case, isn’t the title of this piece a bit exagerrated?’

Sure, but it sells newspapers.


10 posted on 09/04/2010 12:15:35 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: Jean S
Please see Federals Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule12.

Basically, if you are a lawyer and you do not file a motion to dismiss, you are not effectively representing your client. If the court chooses not to dismiss as it does (probably) most of the time, it is not a "win" on a "key" ruling, as the headline suggests.

11 posted on 09/04/2010 6:05:47 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: basil; dbwz

The article at post #9 is especially interesting.......


12 posted on 09/04/2010 6:25:11 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Thanks redreno.


13 posted on 09/04/2010 6:32:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: redreno

http://www.techdirt.com/article.php?sid=20100902/13214910883#c49


14 posted on 09/04/2010 8:17:44 AM PDT by Mojave (Ignorant and stoned - Obama's natural constituency.)
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To: Jim Robinson

PING!


15 posted on 09/04/2010 8:22:40 AM PDT by CedarDave (Ten-year anniversary - proudly Freeping since Aug 17, 2000)
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To: onyx

Good catch.


16 posted on 09/04/2010 8:36:01 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (((.Go troops! " Vote out RINOS. They screw you EVERY time" Jim Robinson)
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To: redreno

The bottom feeders busy secreting their slime. What a load of crap these bottom feeding lawyer turned judges are. Once a bottom feeder always a bottom feeder it would seem.


17 posted on 09/04/2010 8:57:03 AM PDT by Ron H. (Impeach Hussein Obama before he can declare himself dictator!)
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To: redreno

Was an associate @ Sidley-Austin. Sound familiar???

http://www.nolo.com/ldir/lawyerprofile.do?lawyerId=3547

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http://remixxworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-there-chicago-connection-between.html


18 posted on 09/04/2010 9:30:28 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: 1rudeboy
Courts do not like being used as instruments of no-notice extortion.

I would expect some defendant will become a counter-plaintif and successfully move to change venue from Southern Nevada District to some District where the defendant/counter-plaintiff resides, and make the extortionists defend there.

19 posted on 09/04/2010 4:14:43 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR, since 1998.)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

You might want to check out this:
http://claytonecramer.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-make-you-dont-accidental-visit.html


20 posted on 09/05/2010 12:12:19 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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