DU attorneys ask judge for summary judgment against Righthaven

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http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/oct/25/legal-attacks-under-way-advance-first-righthaven-t/

... In another Righthaven case this week, defendant the Democratic Underground asked U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt to grant it summary judgment on its counterclaim against Stephens Media.

... In the motion for summary judgment, Democratic Underground attorneys with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) pointed to a column and online posts by former Review-Journal Publisher Sherman Frederick as backing up their counterclaim.

... The Democratic Underground filing said Stephens Media had threatened the public when Frederick warned in a column he would "send my little friend Righthaven’’ after copyright infringers to do the bidding of Stephens Media.

... With Righthaven already having sustained three fair use losses over more extensive online posts it sued over, the real question in the Democratic Underground case is how much money in attorney’s fees the Democratic Underground will be asking for — and whether Stephens Media, Righthaven, or both will get stuck with the tab.