Righthaven has begun buying out the copyrights to newspaper content for the sole purpose of suing blogs and websites

Your Rights Online: Newspapers' New Revenue Plan — Copyright Suits

on Friday July 23, @02:35PM Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 23

SpicyBrownMustard writes


"Wired magazine has coverage of the numerous lawsuits recently filed by Righthaven, LLC regarding the content of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

'Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based Righthaven has begun buying out the copyrights to newspaper content for the sole purpose of suing blogs and websites that re-post those articles without permission. And he says he's making money.'

The owner of the LVRJ has commented on the strategy, and the Las Vegas Sun has extensive coverage of each suit filed.

The owner of one site has apparently settled for more than the site has made in six years. Media Matters suspects many of the suits may be politically motivated, and thus violate federal election law."