Zot!
Posted on 06/14/2011 3:54:47 PM PDT by redreno
A federal judge in Las Vegas today issued a potentially devastating ruling against copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC, finding it doesn't have standing to sue over Las Vegas Review-Journal stories, that it has misled the court and threatening to impose sanctions against Righthaven.
Because he found Righthaven doesn't have standing to sue, Chief U.S. District Judge for Nevada Roger Hunt dismissed Righthaven's copyright infringement lawsuit against the Democratic Underground.
(Excerpt) Read more at vegasinc.com ...
I hope Jim saved his receipt so FR can get its money back!
Leni
Don’t let it happen too often.;)
The specifics of this ruling are that the LVRJ only signed over rights to sue over use of their content, but maintained the other rights to the content. That means that when Righthaven claimed injury to themselves, when filing the suits, they were misleading the court. They are toast.
Awesome news!
That is fantastic! Grats DU! That’s a win for everyone these scum sucking lawyers went after.
Ping!
The ruling also means that Righthaven doesn’t have standing to sue ANYONE over Las Vegas Review-Journal stories.
ROTFLOL They have no standing.
Good news indeed!
In this case, the enemy of our enemy is our...well, not friend exactly...but at least we have something in common.
Celebration may be premature. Righthavens suit against DU and DU’s counter claim were both dismissed because Righthaven does not own the full copyrights and does not have standing. They do not own the copyrights because the agreement between Righthaven and Stevens Media (Strategic Alliance Agreement) gives Righthaven only the right to sue.
However, in the ruling the judge specifically states that Stephens Media, as owners of the copyright, can assert claims [for copyright infringment] against DU if it so wishes (p.11, line 14 of the link).
http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/pdfs/blogs/documents/2011/06/14/rhavendemoug6142011.pdf
So the issue of fair use remains unresolved and although Righthaven is very likely and rightly out of business, Stevens Media can pick up where they left off.
See this link:
http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jun/14/judge-rules-righthaven-lacks-standing-sue-threaten/
a potentially devastating ruling against copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC
There is at least one class action in Colorado against these punks on behalf of websites that have settled.
We may not like them or what they have to say, but they still have a right to say it. It’s preposterous for somebody to think that online articles won’t be linked to and quoted by many other people.
And the Shysters take another one in the keister!
Wow! This is a big deal to me (and Jim Robinson to say the least). My book on Harry Reid by necessity quotes the RJ and was a reason I had to hold back. If this stands, I will be back at Harry’s jugular. I have another lead on bribes that are right out of the movie Casino.
[the LVRJ only signed over rights to sue over use of their content, but maintained the other rights to the content]
How could tey be that stupid?
You forgot the part where “ he’s allowing the Democratic Underground to continue its counterclaim against Stephens Media LLC, owner of the Review-Journal”
Huh. For some reason I can’t seem to find this story on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s website. Weird.
In fact, putting ‘Righthaven’ into their search box yields zero results. Most strange.
:-)
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