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Righthaven to turn over its intellectual property to a court-appointed receiver to be sold at auction. Righthaven did not comply by the
December 19, 2011 deadline, and filed an emergency appeal with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to stop the auction from going forward, a motion which was rejected on January 10, 2012.
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for having reproduced the articles on their sites without permission. An affiliate of
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Righthaven had no standing to sue for copyright infringement, on the grounds that the original parties retain the actual copyrights. Hunt also dressed down Righthaven for misrepresenting its financial connections to Stephens Media. Among other sanctions imposed by Hunt, Righthaven was
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to use reasonable force to seize $ 63,000 in cash and assets from
Righthaven in order to pay Hoehn's legal fees. The amount included additional costs and fees from three months of delays. When it was discovered that the company bank account held less than $ 1,000, the court issued an order for
158:(EFF) soon took up the case on behalf of several defendants. Kurt Opsahl, an EFF attorney, said, "Despite what Righthaven claims, it's hard to interpret these lawsuits as anything else besides a way to bully Internet users into paying unnecessary settlements."
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story about a murder case without permission. Hunt, who had also presided over the Democratic Underground case, threw out Righthaven's suit that summer after finding Righthaven lacked standing.
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in November 2011 due to outstanding legal fees to a successful defendant. In January 2012, its domain name, righthaven.com, was sold at auction to help satisfy its debts. In March 2013,
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Righthaven was ordered to pay $ 34,045.50 in attorney's fees and court costs in its unsuccessful lawsuit against Wayne Hoehn. Righthaven had sued Hoehn for copying a
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copyrights of Stephens Media, specifically, only the right to sue. Some defense attorneys argue that one must have complete ownership in order to have
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of suing bloggers, other Internet authors, and Internet site operators for
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was a copyright enforcement company founded in early 2010. Based in
1009:"9th Circuit rejects Righthaven bid to block auction of copyrights"
957:"Defendant asks US Marshals to drag Righthaven principals to court"
813:"Remember Righthaven? On appeal, copyright troll looks just as bad"
1035:"Dismantling of Righthaven appears under way with loss of website"
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69:, Steven Gibson, who is currently a partner at Las Vegas law firm
931:"US Marshals turned loose to collect $ 63,720.80 from Righthaven"
360:"Vegas, Baby! Ruling a Possible Boon to 'Copyright-Troll' Suits"
1087:"Protecting newspaper content – You either do it, or you don't"
798:"Righthaven Loses Big Yet Again, Cementing Two Previous Issues"
784:"Righthaven Loses Again; Told To Pay $ 34,045.50 In Legal Fees"
382:"Attack Dog' Group Buys Newspaper Copyrights, Sues 86 Websites"
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The cases were covered by many newspapers and blogs. The
905:"Copyright Troll Righthaven Says It's Nearing Bankruptcy"
839:"Newspaper Chain Drops Righthaven — 'It Was a Dumb Idea'"
767:"Judge: Righthaven masquerading as a company - VEGAS INC"
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and the company as a "lawsuit factory". Righthaven LLC's
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to sue, which may undermine the lawsuits related to the
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Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
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983:"Righthaven files emergency appeal to block auction"
215:On August 15, 2011, after losing a case handled by
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730:"Judge unseals Review-Journal/Righthaven contract"
645:"Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online"
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669:"EFF Seeks to Help Righthaven Defendants"
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609:"List of Righthaven Copyright Lawsuits"
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425:"Enforcing Copyrights, For a Profit"
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487:"Righthaven.com sells for $ 3,300"
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811:Mullin, Joe (February 6, 2013).
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335:Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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747:Green, Steve (June 14, 2011).
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172:San Jose Mercury News
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