Righthaven LLC -- a bottom feeding legal outfit -- has teamed up with the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Denver Post to sue mom and pop websites, advocacy and public interest groups and forum board operators for copyright infringement. The strategy of Righthaven is to sue thousands of these website owners, who are primarily unfunded and will be forced to settle out of court.
Righthaven lawsuitsTo date Righthaven has been ordered to pay $323,138 in legal fees and sanctions.Righthaven lawsuits

Saturday, October 30, 2010

EFF Files Counterclaim on Behalf of Site that "Benefits the Public Interest"

Posted by fairuser
Free Speech Group Files Counterclaim Against Copyright Enforcement Firm
Friday’s counterclaim was filed by EFF attorneys on behalf of Righthaven defendant Thomas DiBiase, a former federal prosecutor who has a website covering “no-body” murder cases — cases that are investigated and prosecuted in which the victim’s body hasn’t been recovered.
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“Mr. DiBiase publishes the No Body Website for the purpose of assisting prosecutors and homicide investigators in bringing justice to the friends and families of ‘no body’ murder victims,” Friday’s court filing said.
“Assisting prosecutors and homicide investigators in bringing justice to the friends and families of ‘no body’ murder victims benefits the public interest,” the filing said.
See: Article in full | View: Counterclaim, Motion to Dismiss, (EFF) Righthaven v. DiBiase

Attorneys representing DiBiase in these filings are Kurt Opsahl and Corynne McSherry of the EFF; Colleen Bal and Bart Volkmer of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Palo Alto); and attorney Chad Bowers (Las Vegas).

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Posted by fairuser at 2:30 PM

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