Looks like it's time to turn out the lights on Righthaven. The US Marshal for the District of Nevada has just been authorized by a federal court to use "reasonable force" to seize $63,720.80 in cash and/or assets from the Las Vegas copyright troll after Righthaven failed to pay a court judgment from August 15.Tomorrow will be a day for dancing.
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Email complaints/requests about copyright infringement to clayton @ claytoncramer.com. Reminder: the last copyright troll that bothered me went bankrupt.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Righthaven's Number Is Up
From Ars Technica:
What a shame, huh?
ReplyDeleteThis is great news. I'm afraid I never heard of the Righthaven mess until you started blogging about it. If it does get shut down, I hope it will serve as a warning to other people who don't appreciate the difference between harmless use of material and the violation of author's rights.
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