Internet forums sued over copyright infringement.

[JTH]

I was talking to my dad last night, he's an admin on another forum. There is a company out there buying up copyrights, then looking for websites to sue over copyright infringement. It's already happened on some of the gun forums, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon.

Newspaper Chain’s New Business Plan: Copyright Suits

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[nnuut]

They need to STOP these opportunists NOW!:nuts:
Righthaven Victims

A website that lists the victims of Righthaven LLC's "shake down" lawsuits that are causing irreparable harm to the blogging, non-profit and small business communities.

http://righthavenvictims.blogspot.com/

 

[tsptalk]

Thanks guys. This is serious. I may want to delete this thread, however, otherwise we may draw their attention.

 

[tsptalk]

Remember the copyright scare we had last year from the trolls suing blog / forum members and owners? Well, they are finally getting what they deserve. They were finding posted articles on the internet, then buying the rights to those articles - after the fact, then suing the forum members / website owners for copyright infringement. Now they are losing in court...


Marshals ordered to seize Righthaven assets

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/no...thaven-assets/

"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.

"Lance Wilson, clerk of the court, signed a writ of execution requested by attorneys for Wayne Hoehn, who was sued for copyright infringement by Righthaven — but then defeated Righthaven in court when his case was dismissed this summer.

"Righthaven since March 2010 has filed 275 lawsuits against websites, bloggers and message board posters claiming they infringed on material from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Denver Post by posting their content online without authorization."

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