National bloggers’ group intervenes in (Righthaven) copyright lawsuit campaign

[Newsjock]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

A national bloggers’ group intervened in the Righthaven LLC newspaper copyright infringement lawsuit campaign Wednesday, urging a federal judge not to reward Righthaven for what the bloggers call its “get-rich-quick scheme.”

The Media Bloggers Association filed a friend of the court brief in one of the Righthaven lawsuits, urging a Nevada federal judge to award only minimal damages — if any — and no attorney’s fees to Righthaven against a defaulting defendant.

... The Media Bloggers Association said in its filing Wednesday it represents prominent bloggers and is supported by many more including John Amato (of Crooks and Liars), Glenn Reynolds (of Pajamas Media/Instapundit) and Jeralyn Merritt (of Talk Left).

... “Righthaven now seeks to turn a default into a windfall by asking this court to grant it a constitutionally impermissible and outrageous award of at least $30,000 in statutory damages, ranging up to $150,000.00 in this matter, in addition to $1,850.00 in costs and attorney’s fees — all based on specious infringement claims for forgotten newspaper articles whose economic value is surely orders of magnitude below these astronomical sums,” the bloggers’ filing said.

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/feb/23/bloggers-group-intervenes-copyright-lawsuit-campai/

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1. KIck

Rec'd earlier but it's falling off the page.

Thanks for posting, Newsjock

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