MIT Publication Describes Righthaven as "Uniquely Google-Enabled"

On Wednesday, The Technology Review, published by MIT, added new language to Righthaven's "litigious little jihad" by stating the painfully obvious:

What's especially intriguing about Righthaven's new model is that it is uniquely Google-enabled. The company basically waits for a piece of content to go viral, then buys the rights to that content from the original owner and, equipped with nothing more than a Google search, identifies and then sues whoever copied a given image or piece of content.

Anyone want to know who else will get sued for the Denver Post's TSA pat down photo? Do a Google Image Search. Gibson's consistent claim that Righthaven is a "technology company" is more aptly described as a seven-year old -- not even an adolescent -- performing a simple Google Search.

The Armed Citizen is Back Online After Righthaven 'Shakedown' Lawsuit

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Ammoland.com's featured Gun Blog of the month is The Armed Citizen. Included in the Ammoland.com article is an interview with NRAHuntersRights.org and David Burnett of the Armed Citizen, who recaps the story of the Righthaven lawsuit:

It really does boil down to legal extortion. We used to copy stories from the newspapers or TV stations and reprint them, providing full citation and links. Sometimes if a story was long, we had to excerpt it. The newspaper we quoted had the article available freely, and had more than a dozen buttons on the page inviting the reader to share the article. We were hardly making any money on the blog, it was more of an academic exercise. But a lawyer in Nevada decided there was a gold mine in suing mom-and-pop blogs for money. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our battle to fight. There was too much to lose, so we settled. Our fans were awesome with the donations, we didn’t lose a penny in the end. But we still hope Righthaven’s litigious little jihad comes to an end very soon.

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