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Tag: Righthaven

Posted on December 28, 2022 Damages

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... Read more

Posted on October 14, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

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... Read more

Posted on October 12, 2022 Law Practice and Profession

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:... Read more

Posted on July 24, 2022 LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®

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... Read more

Posted on September 22, 2021 Roundups

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... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fair Use

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... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 IP Overreaching

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... Read more

Posted on October 17, 2019October 29, 2019 Copyright Law

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... Read more

Posted on July 31, 2018 Enforcement

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... Read more

Posted on April 22, 2016April 26, 2016 Enforcement

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... Read more

Posted on April 4, 2016April 19, 2016 Copyright Law

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... Read more

Posted on May 22, 2014May 29, 2014 Distribution systems

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... Read more

Posted on January 21, 2013June 2, 2013 Remedies

Who are you to sue?

What’s the difference between standing — the right to seek judicial redress for an alleged wrong — in copyright and patent? Who else, besides someone... Read more

Posted on January 13, 2013January 13, 2013 IP Overreaching

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,... Read more

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