I would like to see one or more of the people counter suing demand the very copyright in question to be awarded as a penalty against Righthaven. This would put Righthaven in the awkward position of defending against something not explicitly written in statute while at the same time exert their own claim to the defendants domain, hardware, software etc.

Yeah they sued Drudge. He is such a parasite sending millions of hits to any newspaper he links to.

Did Citadel broadcasting agree to any permanent gag order regarding Righthaven which appears to be a standard Righthaven demand? Are Citadel talk show hosts now barred from mentioning, discussing or criticizing Righthaven?

I would like to know if Citidel broadcasting gave up free speech rights under this settlement agreement.

boftx, yes if RH was to actually win a case in court the maximum damage award should not exceed $1 since they themselves admit this is all their copyrights are worth.

I have a feeling theses changes are going to make things worse on RH not better.

You have to wonder if this "hot shot" New York lawyer hand any hand in this?

Stephens Media says they started this campaign to educate the public about online infringements but made no attempt before hand to educate the public in a more productive fashion. Righthaven was never about ending or reducing infringements but a money making scheme to take advantage of it.

What is laughable about this is that most the websites Righthaven have sued are not the ones that may take readers away from the source material but actually lead readers to them or the sites are so separated from the source material that the impact on the newspaper is negligible.

Had Righthaven concentrated on these autoblogs and sites that actually may take away from a newspaper's readership they would not be in the situation they are in now. They chose their targets poorly and it predictably turned into both a legal and PR disaster for both them and Stephens Media.

By Amending the "Strategic Alliance" Righthaven and Stephen's media essentially admit that their original agreement was inadequate therefore on that basis alone all lawsuits prior to Monday's amendment should be thrown out and all prior settlements should be null and void and all money's returned.

Now it is Stephens Media who is bashing the very judge hearing their cases. How a newspaper chain could be so bad at PR makes you realize the REAL reason newspapers are in trouble.

boftx

I would agree with you if it was the RJ itself taking up these cases but since it is Righthaven doing the suing I don't know if they can win even the strongest of cases since their business model compromises every single case they file. I don't know why any sane company like Stephens Media would deal with a company that has so much baggage.

Many of these new suits are cases where entire articles were published so if Righthaven loses any of them it could further damage copyrights for all other newspapers even more. If Righthaven isn't careful we could see the list grow for more than just non-profits that can legally reproduce entire articles.

Shermy calls himself a conservative but then wants an all powerful and repressive government via the courts enforcing his personal interests. That is not conservatism but big government liberalism.

I have a feeling by the end of all of this the "Hot shot" New York Lawyer is going to wish she never got involved and will pay an extremely high professional price for associating with such a shady outfit.