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

Monday, June 13, 2011

VEGAS INC Offers Additional Insights About Lawsuit Filed by Eiser's Legal Team

Posted by fairuser
Tea Party Group Sues Righthaven, Denver Post Over Copyright Litigation Campaign
The Denver Post has been sued for the first time by one of the Righthaven copyright lawsuit defendants.
Attorneys for Dana Eiser, a blogger in Summerville, S.C., and her Tea Party movement group Lowcountry 9/12 sued the Post, its owner MediaNews Group Inc., Righthaven and others Monday in the Court of Common Pleas, a state court in South Carolina. Among other things, the lawsuit alleges barratry, or the improper incitement and prosecution of lawsuits, and unfair trade practices on the part of MediaNews Group and Righthaven.
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Journalist Steve Green also points out that this lawsuit is on top of a counterclaim they have already filed against Righthaven in the federal copyright suit.
Posted by fairuser at 5:31 PM

1 comment:

  1. KenJune 13, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    Sherman Frederick can and should lose his entire retirement over this. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He should choose his friends for wisely.

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