No rational justification can be made by Gibson or anyone else that these persons were deservedly sued for $75,000-$150,000.
Righthaven, the Review-Journal and the Denver Post can only offer irrational justifications for the continued filing of copyright infringement lawsuits, commonly known as 'shakedown' lawsuits. The idea, for instance, that bloggers, like Allegra Wong and non-profits, like the Center for Intercultural Organizing are financially crippling newspapers by diverting large amounts of traffic away from their websites is irrational. Equating actions of infringers to Grand Theft Auto is also clearly irrational.
Journalists, lawyers, bloggers and activists who do not buy into these irrational justifications have called Righthaven: copyright trolls, copyright extortionists, a copyright litigation factory, parasitic bottom feeders, a shakedown operation, the alter ego of R-J, un-American, shameful, engaging in unclean hands, entrapment, barratry, champerty and more. No justification or spin attempt by Steve Gibson, the Review-Journal or the Denver Post can mask the behemoth elephant in the room.
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Righthaven, the Review-Journal and the Denver Post can only offer irrational justifications for the continued filing of copyright infringement lawsuits, commonly known as 'shakedown' lawsuits. The idea, for instance, that bloggers, like Allegra Wong and non-profits, like the Center for Intercultural Organizing are financially crippling newspapers by diverting large amounts of traffic away from their websites is irrational. Equating actions of infringers to Grand Theft Auto is also clearly irrational.
Journalists, lawyers, bloggers and activists who do not buy into these irrational justifications have called Righthaven: copyright trolls, copyright extortionists, a copyright litigation factory, parasitic bottom feeders, a shakedown operation, the alter ego of R-J, un-American, shameful, engaging in unclean hands, entrapment, barratry, champerty and more. No justification or spin attempt by Steve Gibson, the Review-Journal or the Denver Post can mask the behemoth elephant in the room.
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| MoneyReign, Inc. | casinoreign.com | |
| APR | Industrial Wind Action Corp and Johnathan S. Linowes | windaction.org |
| Jeffrey H. Wegener, Tony Karpinski, Vegas Marketing Group, Vincent Chan and William D. Foote | vegastopdogs.com | |
| Mark Chavez | thelobolair.comnews.php | |
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| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Inc. (CREW) | crewsmostcorrupt.org | |
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| Odds On Racing, Dana Parham and Robin Schadt | oddsonracing.com | |
| ACDC-Bootlegs and Nate Althoff | acdc-bootlegs.com | |
| Bisig Impact Group, Inc. and Aaron Frisbee | southerngaming.com | |
| Barry Meyer and Tuff-N-Uff Productions, Inc. | tuffnuff.net | |
| Swadeep Nigam | vegasdesi.com | |
| Ozean Group | hotelnewsresource.com | |
| Andre McCollough | vegasbubble.com | |
| Jan Klerk and Stichting Wolkenkrabbers | skyscrapercity.com | |
| Adam H. Meyer and Real Money Sports, Inc. | adamwins.comindex.cfm | |
| Barry Cohen and Portside, Inc. | portside.org | |
| Patrick Goff and Goff Associates | hoteldesigns.co.uk | |
| Enterprise Funding, LLC and Jeffery Makinen | statfox.com | |
| Jack D. Wooden | madjacksports.com | |
| Ecological Internet, Inc. | forests.org | |
| Robert Peterson and Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada | planaction.e-actionmax.com | |
| KillerFrogs.com, Inc. | killerfrogs.com | |
| Dr. Shezad Malik Law Firm P.C. | dallasfortworthinjurylawyer.com | |
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| Robert Walter Hunt, Jeffrey L. Nelson, South Coast Partner, Inc. and Taloa Inc. | taloa.com | |
| Hyde Park Communications, Inc. | safeandsecureig.org | |
| Honor, Inc. and Evelyn McKnight | oneandonlycampaign.org | |
| Dean Mostofi | deanmostofi.com | |
| Ronald Gollner | rgryan.vox.com | |
| David J. Della Terza, Nathan E. Palmer and Vote For The Worst, LLC | votefortheworst.com | |
| Christopher Falkenberg and Insite Security, Inc. | insitesecurity.com | |
| Ben Jones | thehousingbubbleblog.com | |
| Michael Stotts and Vegas Backstage Access | vbablogger.com | |
| Abby Nixon and Vannix Communications Group, Inc. | vanitytours.com | |
| Max Frost and Salem Communications Corporation | blogtownhall.com | |
| Michael J. Nelson, Realty One Group, Inc. and David Tina | featuredblog.com | |
| Larry C. Johnson and No Quarter | noquarterusa.net | |
| Lisa Mielke and Melissa Prepster | eaglesfans.com | |
| John Thomas | wisewagering.com | |
| Fullthrottletv.net and Brien Smith | fullthrottletv.net | |
| Anthony Curtis and LVA In The Media | media.lvablog.com | |
| American Society of Safety Engineers and Jack Spackman | centralfl.asse.org | |
| Domains By Proxy (Bill Miller) | crimenews2000.com | |
| Commerce CRG Utah, LLC, Commerce Consolidated, LLC and Rodney Gibson | comre.com | |
| Brian Lojeck | whatbrianthinksaboutlasvegas.com | |
| Stern and Company, Inc. and Steve D. Stern | asternglance.com | |
| Joseph G. Shaker and Shaker Advertising Agency | vegasjobs.com | |
| RX Advertising, Inc. and The Prescription, LLC | therxforum.com | |
| Pregame, LLC, R.J. Bell and Randall J. Busack | pregame.com | |
| Off Shore Gaming Association and James Quigley | osga.com | |
| Motorcycle Racing Association of Nevada | mranracing.com | |
| EMTCity.com and Christopher J. Malley | emtcity.com | |
| Allegra Wong and Emerson Wong | allegrawong.com | |
| JUL | Ezekiel Kennard, Marc Lee and Serkadis.com | serkadis.com |
| Americans For Immigration Reform and Greater Houston Partnership, Inc. | americansforimmigrationreform.com | |
| Inkonet Networks, Inkosonic Networks, Antonio Larosa and Sonicvibes Entertainment, LLC | wnytruthers.org | |
| Justin Beech and Silver Matrix, LLC | dslreports.com | |
| Ryan Burrage and Jerry Ryburg | jerryryburg.com | |
| Paula Bliss | gamblingmojo.com | |
| Anthony Fiato | af11.wordpress.com | |
| Free Speech Systems LLC and Alex Jones | prisonplanet.com | |
| Assured Lender Services, Inc. and Tina Suihkonen | assuredlenderservices.wordpress.com | |
| David Burnett, Clayton E. Cramer and The Armed Citizen | thearmedcitizen.com | |
| Americans For Democratic Action, Inc. and Don Kusler | adaction.org | |
| Stranger Than Fiction and Erin Wilcox | strangerthanfiction.org | |
| Kevin Kelleher | pa-announcer.blogspot.com | |
| Free Republic, LLC, James C. Robinson and John Robinson | freerepublic.com | |
| Robert Laidlaw, Sportbikes.net and Verticalscope USA, Inc. | sportbikes.net | |
| Danny Downey | windowintopalestine.blogspot.com | |
| William Irvine and The Above Network, LLC | theabovenetwork.com | |
| Question Authority and Isaac Rosete | iquestionauthority.com | |
| Marion Valentine | marionsword.spaces.live.com | |
| Biker News and Fred Bouzek | bikernews.net | |
| Breakdown of America and Stacy Nason | breakdownofamerica.com | |
| Pennwell Corporation | pennenergy.com | |
| Collegestarters and David Williams-Pinkney | collegestarters.com | |
| Democratic Party of Nevada | nvdems.com | |
| Ted Joseph, Odds on Recording Studios, Inc. and Walter B. Simmons II | oddsonrecording.com | |
| Gavin M. Ernstone, Joe Herrera, Omnia Alliance, LLC and SVRE, LLC | inside-real-estate.com/joeherrera | |
| Independent Political Report and Charles C. Martin | independentpoliticalreport.com | |
| Howard Heys | luxejewelryblogs.com | |
| Thomas J. Finn IV and Freaks Sports & Gambling Forum | freaksforum.com | |
| AUG | P.O.W. Network and Charles Schantag | pownetwork.org |
| Michael A. Nystrom | dailypaul.com | |
| Steven Gilbert | sweetness-light.com | |
| Brett Edmunds | topfreeforum.com/nevadawrestling | |
| American Political Action Committee and Alan M. Gottlieb | ameripac.org | |
| David Kirvin, Kirvin Doak Communications and William Doak | kirvindoak.com | |
| Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee and William Gheen | ALIPAC.us | |
| Connie Hippen | deeprootsintoughtimes.blogspot.com | |
| Linda Muller, Nathan Muller and Wehategringos.com | wehategringos.com | |
| Jeff Buckner | jeffbuckner.us/mrchipper | |
| Churton A. Budd, Kelly Burkholder-Allen, MedicCom BBS and Paul P. Rega | projectdisaster.com | |
| Josephine Franklin | therightwingwarriors.wordpress.com | |
| Herbalscience Ltd, Himalaya Drug Co and Nabeel Manal | fighthangover.blogspot.com | |
| Alan Franciscus and Hepatitis C Support Project | hcvadvocate.org | |
| Chris Brown Web Network and Dominique Houston | chrisbrownconnection.com | |
| Hush-Hush Entertainment, Inc. and PN Media, Inc. | pornnewz.com | |
| David Allen and Democratic Underground, LLC | democraticundergound.com | |
| Wayne Bellinger and Roman Sohor | losetheradio.net | |
| Chuck Hoover and Internet Brands, Inc. | corvetteforum.com | |
| Fred Pruitt | rantburg.com | |
| Daniel Cirucci | dancirucci.blogspot.com | |
| Stephen Meenehan | informationliberation.com | |
| Thomas A. DiBiase | nobodycases.com | |
| Margaret Soltan | margaretsoltan.com | |
| Center For Intercultural Organizing and Kayse Jama | interculturalorganizing.org | |
| Second Amendment Sisters, Inc., Lee Ann Tarducci and Marinelle Thompson | 2asisters.org | |
| Tom Johnson and Alan Potasnik | rollcallamerica.com | |
| Ronald Baxter, Buy Dog Beds and TEB Media | buydogbeds.org | |
| SEP | Larry Scott | vawatchdog.org |
| Don W. Joe | asianam.org | |
| Jim Snyder, Philip Van Cleave and Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. | vcdl.org | |
| National Wind Watch, Inc. | wind-watch.org | |
| Climate Change Fraud, Thomas Neveu and Thomas Richard | climatechangedispatch.com | |
| Michael Easton and Puget Sound Radio | pugetsoundradio.com | |
| Michael Leon and Medbillz | veteranstoday.com | |
| AR15.com, Edward Avila and Juan Avila | AR15.com | |
| Michael Rucker | MNGunTalk.com | |
| Rod Brooks and I Am a 911 Operator | iama911operator.org | |
| Don T. Bradshaw and Barry Shermer | bootlegbetty.com | |
| Thomas Chandler | chandlerswatch.com | |
| Automotive.com, LLC and Source Interlink Media, LLC | motortrend.com | |
| Shad Applegate, Burak Baskan, EMP Media, Inc. and Neil Infante | eroticmp.com | |
| Travis Nagle and Donald K. Schultz | donatdawn.com | |
| Ralph R. Roberts and Ralph Roberts Realty, LLC | flippingfrenzy.com | |
| Paul Anthony Parson | americangunowners.net | |
| Bonnier Corporation and Clay Cooper | fieldandstream.com | |
| Maren Scaccia, Michael Scaccia and Pahrump Life | pahrumplife.org | |
| Alex Malinsky, Michael Petrushansky and Rawguru, Inc. | rawguru.com | |
| Hawaii Tourism Association, Inc. and Juergen T. Steinmetz | eTurboNews.com | |
| America’s Independent Party of Iowa and Thomas Hoefling | aipnews.com | |
| Billy Bob Wells | texasprocessservers.blogspot.com | |
| Rad Geek Enterprises and Charles W. Johnson | libertarianleft.org | |
| John Glenn | johnglennmbci.blogspot.com | |
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| Kathryn B. Lord | find-a-sweetheart.com | |
| Gregory Robinson and Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada, Inc. | tipoflasvegas.org | |
| U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle | sharronangle.com | |
| Americans Against Food Taxes, Goddard Clausen Public Affairs, Inc. and Ben Goddard | nofoodtaxes.com | |
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| Randolph Grant | spiceislandertalkshop.com | |
| Richard Kwei and RK, Inc. | 987forum.com | |
| Alex James | coolwickedstuff.com | |
| Jim Horn and Stephen Krashen | schoolsmatter.info | |
| Duncan Shields | intmensorg.info | |
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| James Karban | thewebcredit.com | |
| Imperial Hotel Management College, Inc. | ihmc.ca | |
| Flagstone Patio and Robert Sulimanov | flagstonepatio.org | |
| Jerry Bacon and Starrtrack Electronics, Inc. | explorethelaw.com | |
| Browseblog and Nicole Hociung | browseblog.com | |
| RateMyCop.com and Gino Sesto | RateMyCop.Com | |
| Gaminglaptops and Taylor Hawes | wpparty.com | |
| Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building Association and Walt Schmidt | ble-t.org | |
| Keeva Segal and The Second Amendment Foundation | womenshooters.com | |
| Garry Newman | facepunch.com | |
| Scott Arpajian | idisappoint.com | |
| James Matthews and Muscle Cars of America | musclecarsofamerica.com | |
| Ian Howells and Mr News Breaker | mrnewsbreaker.com | |
| Bill Hyatt | 1ce.org | |
| NOV | Associated Newspapers Limited | dailymail.co.uk |
| Yen Lee, P. Ling and Threeall, Inc. | simplegreenchoices.com | |
| Howard Larrabee and The Tattoo Guide | tattooswithmeaning.com | |
| John Leighton and Leighton Law, P.A. | resortinjurylawyerblog.com | |
| Carbon Athletics and Cody Faeth | themorningwoodnews.com | |
| Vitaliy Levit and Recess Mobile, Inc. | coachesjournal.com | |
| Sitestowatchmovies.info and David Walker | sitestowatchmovies.info | |
| Gertie Beth, Fan Sites Network, Jennifer M. Frisby and Robert L. Frisby | jabbawockeez.org | |
| Connected Nation, Inc. | connectednation.org | |
| Arthur Kalandarov, VXPOSE, LLC and Robert Sulimanov | wickesfurniture.org | |
| Bert L. Howe & Associates, Inc. and James Howe | constructiondefectjournal.com | |
| Shawn Herrin and Viewwerx, Inc. | bloodyflix.com | |
| Peter Dierks, TZ Holdings, LLC and Robert J. Zumbrunnen | siliconinvestor.advfn.com | |
| DEC | Daniel Benedix and Tucson DUI News and Attorneys | tucsonduiattorney.biz |
| Motown Muscle, Inc. | motownmuscle.com | |
| Charles Coker | ccoker.net | |
| Eric Lipman | legalblogwatch.typepad.com | |
| Andrea Brennen, Justmeans and Martin Smith | justmeans.com | |
| Peter May-Ostendorp | posthumancondition.com | |
| Kathleen Peddle | reactorfire.wordpress.com | |
| D. Scott Davis Jr. | videoenhancedweb.com | |
| Ed Estes and Estes Design Group | edestesdesign.wordpress.com | |
| John Lundberg and Mark Pilkington | strangeattractor.co.uk | |
| Azkar Choudhry and Pak.org | paklinks.com | |
| Carl Burrell and Flick & Tea | flickandtea.com | |
| Daniel Barham and Urban Neighbourhood | urbanneighbourhood.com | |
| Keith Combs | blog.technet.com/b/keithcombs | |
| Matt Drudge and DrudgeReportArchives.com | drudgereportarchives.com | |
| Dana Eiser | lowcountry912.wordpress.com |
Was it a good idea for the RJ to pay some laywers to figure out a way to sue these companies?
ReplyDeleteHow much revenue was made, after legal fees? How much ad revenue will be lost by these companies most likely never advertising with the RJ again?
It's a shame that the RJ would choose to punish these folks, for doing nothing wrong, without any warning.
what is messed up is Righthaven being allowed to find stuff on the net on websites. then buy the copyright, then sue.
ReplyDeleteIT would seem to any judge that they are in the wrong for buying something already published just to get their greedy hands on money, which both LV and Denver papers are losing because more people read online or listen to the radio and watch TV than buy a newspaper anymore. sales of ads are down so they have to find some way to try to screw the people outta money.
I say this is nothing more than a SCAM