Righthaven pressing for right to seize defendants’ websites, computers

[Newsjock]

Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)

Newspaper copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC continues to argue it can seize the websites and computers of copyright infringers – a claim widely criticized as a bullying tactic aimed at coercing lawsuit defendants into settlements.

... Righthaven has conceded the Copyright Act doesn’t provide for domain-name seizures. But in two court filings this week, it continued to assert its domain-name demand is proper.

"DiBiase contends that a decision in this case supports that Righthaven is not entitled to such relief under the Copyright Act. While this may be true, it has not been decided that Righthaven is precluded from seeking such relief as a form of post-judgment enforcement efforts" under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Righthaven attorney Shawn Mangano wrote in a court filing in that case involving a Review-Journal story. "While DiBiase may have succeeded in striking this remedy from Righthaven’s complaint, he has not fully and finally precluded Righthaven’s ability to seek surrender of the website domain should he be unable to satisfy a judgment entered against him in this action."

... Evidence in several Righthaven/Denver Post lawsuits suggests the November 2010 photo of a TSA agent patting down a passenger was distributed to media outlets internationally by The Associated Press and that as it went viral on the Internet, many Righthaven defendants thought the photo was taken in San Francisco as suggested by the parody website deadseriousnews.com.

Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jun/11/righthaven-pressing-right-seize-defendants-website/

[JBoy]

1. Doubling down on Douchebaggery.

[SoapBox]

2. So when is a court (or somebody) going to rein in this out of control business?

[Turbineguy]

3. Righthaven is the new American business model

Produce nothing of value. Destroy random people in the process of getting rich.

[cstanleytech]

6. Hey now, thats not a new model at all

We have had it for years, its called a lobbyist.

[Confusious]

4. assholes

[sakabatou]

5. OFFS!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. Hey Righthaven,

[AsahinaKimi]

8. They really are predators....

and we all know what happens to dangerous predators.

[Anakin Skywalker]

11. What?! They get caught by Chris Hansen on Dateline NBC? LOL

[dogfacedboy]

13. Hunted and destroyed?

[MilesColtrane]

9. Scum

Somewhere along the line I hope a jury guts this criminal enterprise and breaks Steven Gibson.

[endless october]

10. any "lawyer" associated with RH should be disbarred. nt

[dogfacedboy]

12. FUCK Righthaven. Try suing me, Righthaven!

I'll make those assholes wish they'd never heard of me, through awful, monstrous means.