(Federal) Judge: Righthaven lacked standing, abused Copyright Act [View All]

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Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)

Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas lacked standing to file copyright infringement lawsuits in Colorado under its lawsuit contract with the Denver Post and abused the Copyright Act in doing so, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Senior U.S. District Judge John L. Kane in Denver granted summary judgment for Righthaven lawsuit defendant Leland Wolf and the It Makes Sense Blog against Righthaven.

"In light of the need to discourage the abuse of the statutory remedies for copyright infringement, I exercise my discretion under the Copyright Act and order that Righthaven shall reimburse Mr. Wolf's full costs in defending this action, including reasonable attorney's fees," Kane's order said.

As a test case, the Wolf case was the lone active case in Colorado among 34 still active there. This indicates the other 33 will be dismissed as well.

Read more: www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/sep/27/judge-righthaven-lacked-standing-abused-copyright-/