Not that much. They received half after expenses.
And you just know they did not work cheap.
Estimated Total Money Settlements Righthaven’s Efforts Have Earned to Date:
$352,500
(based on 141 cases closed as of June 22, 2011 that involved a written settlement with Righthaven and an educated guesstimate of an average of $2,500 settled per case)
(NOTE: settlement amount downgraded from $3,500 to $2,500 per case on July 1, 2011, in light of recent information regarding Righthaven’s settlement of at least one case for $1000 and other known facts and circumstances)
http://righthavenlawsuits.com/
“Righthaven claimed that Stephens Media had transferred copyright to Righthaven before it filed the suit, but a document unearthed in this litigation — the Strategic Alliance Agreement between Righthaven and Stephens Media — showed that the copyright assignment was a sham, and that Righthaven was merely agreeing to undertake the newspaper’s case at its own expense in exchange for a cut of the recovery. “