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Righthaven Loses Again; Told To Pay $34,045.50 In Legal Fees

from the not-a-great-business-model dept

Tue, Aug 16th 2011 6:15am — Mike Masnick

Rightaven's summer of trouble continues. Having already lost its case against Wayne Hoehn for the same reasons it's been losing a bunch of cases lately (its sham copyright transfer), the court (as in a few similar cases) was asked to make Righthaven pay Hoehn's legal fees and, in a short and sweet ruling, Judge Philip Pro has agreed and told Righthaven to hand over $34,045.50, stating that awarding such fees seems reasonable in this case. Can't wait to see how Righthaven's Steve Gibson spins this to say that it's really just a court giving guidance to Righthaven's competitors who just aren't as sophisticated as Righthaven.

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Filed Under: copyright, copyright troll, legal fees
Companies: righthaven

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The eejit (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 6:30am

I guess the Judge...

*sunglasses*

..was a Pro.
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- dfed (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:23am
  
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  YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 6:33am

Ouch...Righthaven has lost so many times that I've lost track of what's at stake here.

It would be nice if someone did a "recap" of this whole mess*.

*Read: I'm too lazy to research it myself :)
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- Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 6:58am
  
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  Try this: http://righthavenvictims.blogspot.com/p/legal-fees-and-sanctions-against.html
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- Ninja (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:46am
  
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  They are masochists. No need to recap, it's routine.
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- Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:48am
  
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  Quick recap:
  
  Righthaven filed a bunch of lawsuits. The Masnick made fun of them in true freetard fashion. Judges acted stupid.
  
  Future: On appeal Righthaven will get back all of its money and the defendants will be forced to pay for everything they stole plus court fees, Righthaven's fees, and will hopefully all go bankrupt.
  
  /troll
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  - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:07am
    
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    Good technique, nice use of "Masnick", you managed to toss in at least one "freetard", and you made a totally impossible prediction.
    
    7/10.
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  - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:18am
    
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    I agree with the analasys above, to improve you need atleast one allegation of Mike supporting terrorism and/or piracy. Bonus points if you can make them both seem of equal importance.
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    - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:37am
      
      Re: Re: Re:
      The Masnick was wearing an eye patch the last time he used his metal hook right hand to hijack an airplane.
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      - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 9:04am
        
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        Bejewel a sparkling swastika on the eye patch and fill the airplane with orphans and puppies, then the picture will be complete.
        
        'The Masnick' now resembles that legendary creature of nightmares: the fearsome Ad Hominem Strawman.
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    - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 9:46am
      
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      Terrorists love stealing IP because the less they pay for information, the more they can spend on bombs.
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      - The eejit (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 10:29am
        
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        Didn't Apple patent the iBomb, and get all manufacturing shut off?
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      - Squirrel Brains (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 12:13pm
        
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        This made me chuckle. To think that the terrorists are debating whether to pirate a copy of Marry Poppins instead of buying it so they can spend an extra $15 on bombs. In other news, the more people use iTunes, the less bombs there will be in the world.
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- Berenerd (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 9:07am
  
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  Let me esplain...
  
  No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Buttercup is marry' Humperdinck in a little less than half an hour. So all we have to do is get in, break up the wedding, steal the princess, make our escape... after I kill Count Rugen.
  
  Wait...
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  - DogBreath, 16 Aug 2011 @ 9:53am
    
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    That sounds about right, but you've left out the most important part - What is happening now. This sums it up: "Hello Righthaven! My name is Inigo Montoya! You sued my father with sham copyright assignments! Prepare to lose big time and make a complete fool of yourself in open court!"
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    - IronM@sk, 16 Aug 2011 @ 5:45pm
      
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      Inconceivable!
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Richard (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 6:38am

List
Righthaven,
Perfect 10
ACS Law
Davenport Lyons
How much legal losing have these guy done?
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big al, 16 Aug 2011 @ 6:43am

real money
34k here 8 k there ...perty sooon this here gets ta be reallll money......damn son where is them profits you un toold us about?????

buha ha ha ha ha ahah a a lol
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ken (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 6:55am

There goes Steve Gibson's dream of "quadrillions".
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- Capitalist Lion Tamer (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 10:07am
  
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  Also his dream of purchasing any more superfine sweater vests.
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- The Groove Tiger (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 12:56pm
  
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  Why make quadrillions when you can make... shmillions?
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:08am

Wow...
So they were abusing the court system, extorting money from ignorant or scared common people, and lying to the court by withholding important information regarding there eligibility to sue in the first place?

It's really hard to have any sympathy for an industry that employs these types of tactics. It seem to me like they are creating more "freetards" than they are stopping with these types of tactics.

IMHO
If you are an industry, and you're customers have built a culture around hating/trying to screw you, you have failed and should rethink you're entire approach to doing business.
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- Squirrel Brains (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:48am
  
  Re: Wow...
  If you have an industry, and you've built a business culture that isn't responsive to your customers and you try to dictate the customer's consumption, and then they start to hate/screw you, you have failed and should rethink your entire approach to doing business.
  
  FTFY
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  - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:03am
    
    Re: Re: Wow...
    Much better thanks.. I'm on my way back to the coffee pot as we speak... I should be able to write a semi coherent post in about an hour....
    
    :)
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  - Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:39am
    
    Re: Re: Wow...
    You know you're having a bad day when you're comment is being correct by someone named "Squirrel Brains"... sheeesh
    
    No Offense intended...
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    - Squirrel Brains (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 10:16am
      
      Re: Re: Re: Wow...
      Haha none taken
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Jimr (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:37am

When can the court gets it wasted taxpayers money from Rightaven for all the courts & judges wasted time. Yeah I have may doubt that Rightaven will pay any income taxes.
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- Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:04am
  
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  They would have to have income first...
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  - taoareyou (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:16am
    
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    I would be interested to know how much they have made from out of court settlements.
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    - The eejit (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 8:33am
      
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      Nothing, for tax reasons.
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Jake, 16 Aug 2011 @ 7:53am

The latest trend in legal circles is hoping Righthaven sues a client.
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mike allen (profile), 16 Aug 2011 @ 9:25am

perhaps a change of name to wronghaven. Seems only fair and a better guide to the company.
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Anonymous Coward, 16 Aug 2011 @ 10:52pm

Judgment Proof Entity
Righthaven's big mistake is that they failed to make themselves into a Judgment Proof Entity (JPE) in the first place. JPEs do not have to worry about losing court cases and being sanctioned. They just vanish. Look at the patent troll, Oasis Research (OR). Nobody has any idea who owns OR. OR has a permanently locked office in East Texas, with the lights out. When the cops come knocking, there will never be anybody there. OR is a shell company which could easily be owned by another shell company in a tax-haven jurisdiction. There is no possibility of a JPE being successfully forced to pay a single dollar which they do not want to pay. Nor can it ever be locked up in jail. Being a JPE is absolutely brilliant. A JPE can sue anybody for any amount of money. A JPE is the perfect corporate predator.

US lawyers love JPEs. There is no chance of the US legislature waking up and fixing this problem anytime soon. US courts happily go along with the fiction of JPEs being just like people.

You Americans are so screwed.
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