Posted on 10/17/2011 3:58:31 AM PDT by rellimpank
Attorneys fighting Las Vegas copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC on Sunday accused the company of fraudulently paying its attorneys and CEO while failing to pay defendants who defeat Righthaven in court.
Righthaven since March 2010 has filed 275 no-warning lawsuits claiming material from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Denver Post was misappropriated by website operators, bloggers and message board posters.
The litigation campaign is stalled after judges in Nevada and Colorado found Righthaven lacked standing to sue because — despite Righthaven’s claims of ownership — the newspapers maintained control of the material it sued over.
In three of the cases, defendants were also found to have been protected by the fair use doctrine of copyright law in posting two Review-Journal stories and an R-J column without authorization
(Excerpt) Read more at vegasinc.com ...
Good news. A nest of vipers getting a dose of their own venom.
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They are recipients of the proceeds of the lawsuits, are they also liable if the legal scams goes bankrupt??
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