looks like righthaven bit off more than they can chew

[dawp]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/creditor-righthaven/

$34,000 in this case and $120,000 in another and they're saying the $34k one is going to bankrupt them. nice to see the courts ruling the way they did in these.

 

[5to1baby1in5]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/troll-forfeits-copyrights/

Or is this sort of like Tereminator where you just think it's dead, but it makes one final grab at you before you squish it's head in a hydraulic press?

Judge Pro ruled that the posting was fair use of the article, an issue that is on appeal. Whether Righthaven retains the financial wherewithal to litigate the appeal was not immediately known. Righthaven’s chief executive, Steve Gibson, did not immediately respond for comment.

 

[waggy]

good. The damn company needs to be out of business.

 

[dawp]

I was reading about this earlier, good, and if Stephens Media looses any of their copyrights over this, they deserve it for buying into this scheme.