Posted on 08/25/2011 3:54:32 AM PDT by rellimpank
Las Vegas copyright litigator Righthaven LLC is complaining that one of its many legal foes is trying to deprive Righthaven of its due process rights.
While Righthaven is often accused of abusing the legal system by filing frivolous lawsuits with dubious legal claims and then coercing defendants into settling, Righthaven insists its lawsuits over Las Vegas Review-Journal and Denver Post material are necessary to deter rampant online infringement of content from those newspapers.
The company has filed 275 lawsuits over newspaper content since March 2010 and is now trying to revive its litigation campaign, which has been stalled by dismissals based on its lack of standing to sue over R-J content and threats that its Denver Post lawsuits will be dismissed for the same reason.
In a court filing in Denver on Wednesday, Righthaven asked U.S. District Judge John Kane to uphold its right to sue over Post material and it responded to friend of the court briefs filed by Righthaven foes the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Citizens Against Litigation Abuse.
(Excerpt) Read more at vegasinc.com ...
Running scared? This litigation firm needs to be run out of business, then sued for unfair litigation practices. Criminal.
Righthaven are a bunch of low-life bottom feeders; if they’re looking for sympathy here, they’re not getting it.
I’m finding these legal disputes fascinating because they hit on so many issues related to the law, and serve as a great resource for people like me outside the legal profession to understand how the law applies in these kinds of cases.
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For some of us it ain’t fascinating, it is terrifying. Big 1st Amendment threat.
It's worth noting that the cases described in this article don't even involve First Amendment issues -- at least not as they relate to the court decisions. The courts in these cases have simply ruled that Righthaven doesn't even have standing to file the lawsuits in the first place.
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