- Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based Righthaven has begun buying out the copyrights to newspaper content for the sole purpose of suing blogs and websites that re-post those articles without permission. And he says he’s making money. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyright-trolling-for-dollars/ 67 comments business
Linking pages
- The $105 Fix That Could Protect You From Copyright-Troll Lawsuits | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/dmca-righthaven-loophole/ 53 comments
- Supreme Court Rules Against 'First-Sale' Copyright Doctrine | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/scotus-first-sale/?3= 32 comments
- Copyright Troll Righthaven Says It's Nearing Bankruptcy | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/righthaven-nearing-bankruptcy/ 14 comments
- How Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Turn Low-Budget Movies Into Big Bucks | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/bittorrent/ 13 comments
- Righthaven Loss: Judge Rules Reposting Entire Article Is Fair Use | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/fair-use-defense/ 10 comments
- Supreme Court Deciding Whether Congress May Copyright Public Domain Works | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/supreme-court-recopyright 9 comments
- Creditor moves to dismantle copyright troll Righthaven | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/creditor-moves-to-dismantle-copyright-troll-righthaven.ars 8 comments
- Copyright Troll Righthaven Goes on Life Support | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/righthaven-on-life-support/ 5 comments
- Hangover Tattoo Lawsuit: Can You Copyright Flesh? | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/human-flesh-copyright/ 5 comments
- Why Drudge Is a Poor Target for Copyright Vigilantes http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2010/12/10/why-drudge-is-a-poor-target-for-copyright-vigilantes/ 4 comments
- Supreme Court Rules Against 'First-Sale' Copyright Doctrine | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/scotus-first-sale/?amp%3Butm_campaign=feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28wired%3A+index+3+%28top+stories+2%29%29&%3Butm_medium=feed 4 comments
- Copyright Troll Demands Drudge Report Domain Name | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/drudge-report-domain/ 1 comment
- Newspaper Lawsuit Factory Sues Over 'Death Ray' Image | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/death-ray-lawsuits/ 0 comments
- EFF Sues Newspaper Chain's Copyright Troll | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/righthaven-sham/ 0 comments
- Supreme Court Rules Against 'First-Sale' Copyright Doctrine | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/scotus-first-sale/ 0 comments
- Law Firm Finds Success Targeting Those Who Post Copyrighted Images | TIME.com http://techland.time.com/2011/02/09/law-firm-finds-success-targeting-those-who-post-copyrighted-images/ 0 comments
- Copyright Troll's Assets Targeted for Seizure | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/righthaven-assets-targeted/ 0 comments
- Judge: copyright troll Righthaven has no standing to sue | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/judge-copyright-troll-righthaven-has-no-standing-to-sue.ars 0 comments
- Righthaven Says It Owns News Articles It's Suing Over -- for Real This Time | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/righthaven-survival-bid/ 0 comments
- Judge Fines Righthaven $5,000 | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/judge-fines-righthaven-5000/ 0 comments
Linked pages
- Recording Industry vs The People: Ha ha ha ha ha. RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 2008 to recover only $391,000!!! http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2010/07/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-riaa-paid-its-lawyers.html 588 comments
- The Silicon Valley Bank Contagion Is Just Beginning | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-fallout/ 189 comments
- LimeWire Crushed in RIAA Infringement Lawsuit | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/limewire-crushed/ 70 comments
- The Electron Is Having a (Magnetic) Moment. It’s a Big Deal | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/the-electron-is-having-a-magnetic-moment-its-a-big-deal/ 2 comments
- Court to Consider Breaking Up Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/bittorrent-lawsuits/ 0 comments
- Lawsuit Dropped; Claimed That Copyright-Filtering Violates Copyright | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/copyrightfiltering-scribd/ 0 comments
- Verizon Terminating Copyright Infringers' Internet Access | WIRED http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/verizon-terminating-internet-accessinternet-access/ 0 comments
- On the Trail of the Fentanyl King | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/on-the-trail-of-the-fentanyl-king/ 0 comments
- After 'The Last of Us,' Everything Will Be Transmedia | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/the-last-of-us-transmedia-video-games-tv-movies/ 0 comments
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