Who are you to sue?
Ron ColemanWhat’s the difference between standing — the right to seek judicial redress for an alleged wrong — in copyright and patent? Who else, besides someone litigating the matter, but Pamela…
The making of a martyr?
In July of 2011 I wrote about the case of Aron Swartz, arrested at the time for stealing more than 4 million articles from JSTOR, an online archive and journal…
Best of 2012: Not my money
Originally posted February 21, 2012. Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of…
Zombies in Las Vegas?
Ryan Gile reports on an odd ruling that just could — however unlikely — result in some degree of reanimation of Righthaven, of all things: Back in 2009 (when I…
Not my money
Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of mass enforcement a la RIAA…
Best of 2011: What “beating Righthaven” means
First posted November 3, 2011. Instapundit links to Donald Douglas’s blog post, Beating Righthaven. Excerpt: Righthaven files “no warning” lawsuits. That is, it gives no advance notification to defendants, which…
What “Beating Righthaven” means
Instapundit links to Donald Douglas’s blog post, Beating Righthaven. Excerpt: Righthaven files “no warning” lawsuits. That is, it gives no advance notification to defendants, which violates the norm of providing…
Overblogged
We wouldn’t that happening to you or to me. So this week, while I am guest-blogging at Overlawyered, I will probably not have all that much to say that’s new…
Righthaven Agonistes
Is all this copyright jurisprudence lollipops and rainbows? Let us reflect a little on what Righthaven has wrought, so far. Wired weighs in on the latest Righthaven woes: A federal…
Wronghaven
Clayton Cramer, via Insty, report on an unsurprising, but still dramatic, development in the Righthaven saga, which I tweeted about last night: From the ever useful Steve Green at Vegas…
Massive Attack: Analyzing mass copyright infringement campaigns
I am about to give my presentation on a panel at the annual meeting of the Copyright Society of the USA at the Sagamore resort in lovely Bolton’s Landing, New…
There’s no haven like Righthaven
On June 7th I will be on a panel discussing the Righthaven litigation and the concept of “mass copyright infringement campaigns” — they weren’t, after all invented by Righthaven —…
Righthaven – Media Bloggers Association files amicus brief
I’ve written a little bit about the Righthaven lawsuits before. Now, as reported in the Las Vegas Sun, on behalf of the Media Bloggers Association I’ve helped write something that…
Suing bloggers for dollars
Glenn Reynolds links to a an article in Wired about a newspaper “chain”‘s — actually, lawyer Steve Gibson’s — “new business model”: Suing bloggers who post newspaper articles, evidently more…