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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Marshals ordered to seize Righthaven assets

« on: November 02, 2011, 01:16:50 PM »

Las Vegas copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC’s financial problems grew Tuesday when the federal court in Las Vegas commanded the U.S. Marshals Service to seize more than $63,000 in Righthaven assets to satisfy a creditor’s judgment and costs.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/nov/01/marshals-ordered-seize-righthaven-assets/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / First Righthaven trial called off

« on: November 02, 2011, 01:16:24 PM »

The first scheduled trial in a Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit was called off Tuesday so a judge could consider whether Righthaven had standing to file the suit.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/nov/01/first-righthaven-trial-called/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / ighthaven Loses Track Of Its Many Cases; Discovers Four Days Late That It Missed

« on: November 01, 2011, 01:24:57 PM »

Righthaven, which already has a history of late filings with the court, using questionable excuses, seems to be working extra hard to make any story about the company appear to be a farce. The latest is that Righthaven's lawyer, Shawn Mangano, just discovered on Monday (October 31st) that the deadline for filing the opening briefs in the Hoehn case, one of its many appeals of cases it has lost, was October 27th. He claims that the court misled him on the phone concerning the timing, though that seems questionable:
Righthaven’s counsel originally requested a telephonic 14-day extension of time to file its opening brief in this matter on October 27, but was advised that its opening brief was not due under November 28, 2011. Upon further inquiry, it appears that the opening brief deadline provided was for an associated appeal in this action concerning an award of attorneys’ fees and costs (Case No. 11-16995). Righthaven discovered this apparent misunderstanding today, October 31, 2011, which is one business day following the October 28, 2011 filing deadline for its opening brief.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111101/02044916578/righthaven-loses-track-its-many-cases-discovers-four-days-late-that-it-missed-deadline-appeal.shtml

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven Asks Court To Speed Up Ruling Against It So It Doesn't Have To Pay Fo

« on: November 01, 2011, 01:23:23 PM »

The Righthaven situation keeps getting more amusing. Apparently one of the cases is actually scheduled to go to trial next week... but Righthaven doesn't want it to go forward because it can't afford to actually go to trial. However, the company seems perturbed that the defendant has filed a motion to dismiss on the same standing issue that's resulted in multiple dismissals in nearly every Righthaven case since it was discovered that the copyright transfer from newspapers to Righthaven was a sham transfer. So, Righthaven has now asked the court (involving a judge who has already ruled against Righthaven) to speed things up and avoid the trial by ordering Righthaven to show cause over the standing issue. Yes, Righthaven appears to be asking the court to speed up the process of dismissing the case, without it dismissing the case directly itself. The defendant, Kevin Kelleher and his lawyers, note the irony here:

Righthaven appears to be inviting the court to commit what Righthaven would contend is legal error by dismissing this action,’’

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111028/17283516557/righthaven-asks-court-to-speed-up-ruling-against-it-so-it-doesnt-have-to-pay-trial.shtml

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Creditor Moves to Dismantle Copyright Troll Righthaven

« on: October 31, 2011, 07:15:43 AM »

The financial woes of Las Vegas-based copyright trolling firm Righthaven worsened Saturday when one of the defendants it unsuccessfully sued for infringement asked a judge to allow seizure of the firm’s assets — with the help of the U.S. Marshals, if necessary.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/creditor-righthaven/

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Getty Images Letter Forum / Thoughts on Picscouts ignoring Robots.txt

« on: October 28, 2011, 10:15:10 AM »

Here's some reading regarding legal ramifications of ignoring robots.txt... basically what I'm getting at is stopping picscount from "trespassing"...and abiding by rules set forth by webmasters. my heads all a jumble at this point..

Keep in mind some/most of this is fairly old, but I wondering if any progress has been made from a legal standpoint..

http://pubs.cli.vu/pub238.php - what caught my eye here was section #5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping#Legal_issues - again could this be enforceable??

http://www.chillingeffects.org/linking/faq.cgi#QID460 -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trespass_to_chattels - interesting concept...

Sorry for the really long reads, i'm sure none of this would stop the letters, but if picscout itself can be stopped, GI would then have to resort to manually looking for infringments, which would crastically slow the process or not even allow it to be profitable anymore.. not to mention the money GI just spent purchasing picscout..

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Legal attacks under way in advance of first Righthaven trial

« on: October 26, 2011, 09:09:30 PM »

The first trial in a Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit is set for Nov. 7, causing Righthaven and an adversary to now blame each other for not resolving the suit prior to trial.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/25/legal-attacks-under-way-advance-first-righthaven-t/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Another judge doubtful of Righthaven’s standing to sue

« on: October 26, 2011, 09:08:44 PM »

A federal judge suggested Friday he’ll dismiss another Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit because of the company’s lack of standing to sue over Las Vegas Review-Journal material.

Robert C. Jones, chief United States judge for Nevada, didn’t appear to be persuaded by a Righthaven attorney’s arguments during a hearing that its lawsuit against website operator NewsBlaze LLC should be allowed to proceed. NewsBlaze.com, based in Folsom, Calif., is a news aggregation site.


http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/21/another-judge-doubtful-righthavens-standing-sue/

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Getty Images Letter Forum / AvePoint, Inc. v. Getty Images

« on: October 25, 2011, 03:19:23 PM »

Has anybody caught wind of this?? I'm a bit curious..

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/virginia/vawdce/7:2011cv00424/82236/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / udge In South Carolina Poised To Dismiss Righthaven Suit There As Well

« on: October 22, 2011, 09:05:11 AM »

Ah, the hits just keep on coming for Righthaven. Having already had judges in Nevada and Colorado dismiss Righthaven cases for lack of standing, the one remaining state where Righthaven had tried its questionable legal tactics was South Carolina, which had prompted a somewhat epic countersuit. Not surprisingly, it's looking like it's a trifecta of losses for Righthaven, as magistrate judge Jacquelyn Austin has made it clear that she's not buying whatever it is that Righthaven is selling. She's given the company until October 28th to explain why the case shouldn't be dismissed for lack of standing.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111020/11311216436/judge-south-carolina-poised-to-dismiss-righthaven-suit-there-as-well.shtml

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Appeals court rejects Righthaven’s ‘urgent motion’

« on: October 20, 2011, 03:52:02 PM »

what a shame!!!

An appeals court Wednesday refused to block a creditor’s collection actions against Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas newspaper copyright infringement lawsuit filer.

In the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Righthaven, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Righthaven’s “urgent motion” of Sept. 27 that the court stop attorneys for prevailing lawsuit defendant Wayne Hoehn from executing their judgment against Righthaven for $34,045 in legal fees.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/19/appeals-court-rejects-righthavens-urgent-motion/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Judge threatens to dismiss another Righthaven copyright lawsuit

« on: October 19, 2011, 09:36:26 AM »

A judge is threatening to dismiss another copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas for a familiar reason: Lack of standing.

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/18/judge-threatens-dismiss-another-righthaven-copyrig/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven facing fraudulent transfer claim

« on: October 17, 2011, 08:57:43 AM »

Seems they have the money to pay the CEO, and Lawyers, but no money to post the bond..

"Righthaven does not state that it lacks the funds, but rather claims it cannot 'allocate' funds to post the required bond. The message is clear – 'I would prefer not to,'” the filing said."

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/16/righthaven-facing-fraudulent-transfer-claim/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven facing new lawsuit fee demand

« on: October 15, 2011, 02:25:43 PM »

ahhh the circle of life continues...

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/14/righthaven-facing-new-lawsuit-fee-demand/

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Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven asks appeals court to block dismantling of the company

« on: October 11, 2011, 07:16:47 AM »

Just a matter of time, before the rats start jumping ship as it's listing badly to port!

Despite its backing by billionaire Arkansas investment banker Warren Stephens, copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas said Sunday it has been unable to secure a $34,045 bond to guarantee payment of a defendant’s attorney’s fees.....

"To date, Righthaven has been unable to secure a bond. The terms required by the bonding companies that Righthaven’s counsel has investigated and/or contacted are an impediment to meeting the district court’s stay requirement," said Righthaven’s filing by Las Vegas attorney Shawn Mangano. "The bonding companies are requiring what amounts to a full cash bond. In sum, the bonding companies ask for full cash payment, certain forms of collateral held by the company or irrevocable letters of credit be posted to obtain a bond in the amount requested.

Imagine that the bonding outfits, want the full amount, a little salt in the wound i would say!

Here's the complete article for your reading pleasure:

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/10/righthaven-asks-appeals-court-block-dismantling-co/