I give, what is Rigthhaven? The article does not say either.
The article does say its a firm that sues people for violating copyright protection.
Which I believe is baseless. “Fair use” is protected under the Constitution and I believe FR and bloggers would be able to prevail in court if sued.
Righthaven is one of those incompetent law firms that are essentially bill collectors. It gives me pleasure to see them going under.
-——copyright lawsuit filer——
Per the article
The company makes money by filing law suits against those perceived of copyright infringement
Too big of a mess to type out. Simply a group of shyster lawyers teaming up with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on internet copyright issues. Free Republic was one of their targets/victims.
From the article: Righthaven “acquires copyrights strictly for the right to sue infringers”.
It is a money making scheme. Basically it is just another version of an ambulance chasing lawyer looking for people or entities to sue. It searches for possible copyright infringements posted on the web. Buys the rights from the newspapers, then sues. Until recently, Righthaven was very successful until some of the courts decided that Righthaven did not have legal standing because the newspapers still had control of the materials even after they sold the copyrights.