Marshals ordered to seize Righthaven assets

[ljm2002]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC’s financial problems grew Tuesday when the federal court in Las Vegas commanded the U.S. Marshals Service to seize more than $63,000 in Righthaven assets to satisfy a creditor’s judgment and costs.

Lance Wilson, clerk of the court, signed a writ of execution requested by attorneys for Wayne Hoehn, who was sued for copyright infringement by Righthaven — but then defeated Righthaven in court when his case was dismissed this summer.

Righthaven since March 2010 has filed 275 lawsuits against websites, bloggers and message board posters claiming they infringed on material from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Denver Post by posting their content online without authorization.

The company’s litigation campaign stalled this summer after three suits were thrown out on fair use grounds and five judges in Nevada and Colorado ruled Righthaven lacked standing to sue because it didn’t control the newspaper copyrights it claimed to own.

Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/nov/01/marshals-ordered-seize-righthaven-assets/?__utma=201616023.1100442897.1276991202.1320169121.1320206306.1052&__utmb=201616023.1.10.1320206306&__utmc=201616023&__utmx=-&__utmz=201616023.1319806955.1034.404.utmcs

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Ha ha, sucks to be them!!!

[tabatha]

1. Yeah! Well done DU.

[gateley]

3. No kidding. Don't fuck with Skinner.

:evilgrin:

[uncle ray]

13. this is some other judgement. someone else is getting our iPads!

too bad it couldn't be the DU case that breaks them.

[No Elephants]

2. Just keeps getting better. Fifth rec.

[truthisfreedom]

4. Fucking fuckers got themselves royally fucked.

Nice job, righthaven. You've proved what we always knew to be true... you're totally full of shit.

[Lint Head]

5. Egg Sell Unt!

[Renew Deal]

6. Do they even have $63K in crap to seize?

Hopefully they're done.

[quakerboy]

10. Hopefully

they can pierce through the LLC and pull even more resources out of the parent companies who created this fraudulent front company.

[FreakinDJ]

16. I'm thinking "Bake Sale"

[BlueIris]

25. That jumped out at me, too. How did they get their hands on any part of $63K?

See ya, RH.

[Gregorian]

7. Viva Las Vegas!

:)

[lovemydog]

8. haha

What a bunch of fucking assholes.

[The Wielding Truth]

9. Sometimes justice does prevail.

[Bozita]

11. I gotta love good news!

This is it.

[garybeck]

12. may I be the first to say, "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" n/t

[NBachers]

14. Time to take the gentleman's way out

[lonestarnot]

15. Tee hee. Righthaven. The name alone should cost them everything they own.

[masmdu]

17. Ha Ha!

[FiveGoodMen]

18. Best news today!

[progressoid]

19. Rec.

[Kingofalldems]

20. Kick and Rec

[Roland99]

21. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

[Katashi_itto]

22. WOOT! KARMA IS A BITCH!

[jtrockville]

23. Praise Be! Couldn't have happened to a more deserving LLC.

[fascisthunter]

24. awwwwwww

[Crowman1979]

26. I hope "How The World Works" will be next.

[Major Hogwash]

27. ". . . didn’t control the newspaper copyrights it claimed to own." Well then, they're fucked.

That would be like me suing someone for trying to duplicate the taste of TootsiePops without being an owner, manager, or coypright holder of TootsiePops.

[DCKit]

28. Seizure of personal assets for malicious prosecution would be nice, but it's good. nt