Judge Reveals Secret Righthaven Copyright Contract

Tunkamerica

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Sun Apr-17-11 04:34 PM
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Judge Reveals Secret Righthaven Copyright Contract

Hugh Pickens writes "Judge Roger Hunt has unsealed the confidential agreement between Righthaven and the Las Vegas Review-Journal that has allowed Righthaven to sue over more than 250 charities, impoverished hobby bloggers, reporters, and the newspaper's own sources, for $150,000 each in damages and forfeiture of the sites' domain names, and the contents of the agreement could end up being ruinous for Righthaven's campaign of copyright lawsuits.

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Poll_Blind

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Sun Apr-17-11 04:44 PM
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1. I swear to god, Righthaven are some despicable motherfuckers.

And I put that sentiment into the Public Domain!

PB

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IScreamSundays

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Sun Apr-17-11 04:47 PM
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2. Well I hope some of the bloggers and website owners

those parasites shook down have recourse against the Righthaven and the Review-Journal

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Tunkamerica

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Sun Apr-17-11 04:54 PM
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3. Yeah, I don't know how that works.

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Mz Pip

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Sun Apr-17-11 05:11 PM
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4. If I lived in Vegas

I would never buy or have a subscription to the LV Review-Journal. Righthaven in scum but they are doing this for the newspapers.

I hope both of them go bankrupt.

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On the Road

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Sun Apr-17-11 05:21 PM
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5. They Were Stupid to Go Up Against DU

even stupider to sue over the use of four paragraphs of a 34-paragraph story, and even stupider to have bought only the rights to sue rather than the entire copyright.

Here's a list of 265 legal actions filed by Righthaven, most of them against no-names. If DU lawyers prevail, as they should, it will be very good publicity and the site will be providing a major public service.

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Historic NY

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Sun Apr-17-11 07:18 PM
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6. Interesting they were strong arming .

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