Righthaven settles with Sharron Angle over R-J story posting

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC has reached a confidential settlement of its online copyright infringement lawsuit against defeated U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle.

"Righthaven LLC and defendant Sharron Angle, by and through their attorneys of record ... hereby notify the court that they have resolved their differences and hereby stipulate to a voluntary dismissal, with prejudice, of all claims asserted against Ms. Angle," said a stipulation filed in federal court in Las Vegas on Tuesday by attorneys for Righthaven and Angle's attorney in the case, Patrick Byrne of the law firm Snell & Wilmer.

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And on Oct. 8, Byrne and Righthaven attorneys filed court papers saying "The parties agree that they would like to explore a potential negotiated resolution before proceeding further with formal discovery."

Angle, who was sued personally, was accused of posting without authorization Review-Journal material on her campaign website. Because of the settlement, neither she nor her attorney ever filed a formal response to the copyright infringement allegations.



Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/17/righthaven-settles-sharron-angle-over-r-j-story-po/

In the story at the link. Law expert says Righthaven shouldn't be able to simply pack up and walk away (without paying DU's legal bill) because it thinks it's going to lose.