According to Steve Gibson Harvard lawyers are headed to work for Righthaven since they hire the "top lawyers" in the country.

I would say editorials are different than actual news reports since editorials do require creative writing and are based on opinion rather than actual fact. Hard news stories on the other hand should have less protection since the reporter is merely describing a factual event and no one owns facts. Despite what some newspapers claim they do not own the news.

Good practice and common courtesy dictates that you should only cite the part of a news article that is pertinent to what you are writing about and always leave a link and cite the source. Except for the RJ and Denver Post most papers don't mind and even encourage it if it is done properly.

Since Righthaven is insisting they "own" the copyrights to the LVRJ stories then those are assets that could be seized.

Randazza Legal Group should consider doing what a lawyer did with Bank of America after they refused to pay the legal fees after being sued for wrongful foreclosure. The lawyer brought a Sheriff along with a padlock and seized the bank including all money and assets until the bank produced the money.

Dean Singleton should be worried. Media Newsgroup is just as culpable as Righthaven and Stephens Media. They should start preparing to open their checkbooks.

Sgt Rock

Also most copyright holders who send take-down letters do it because they want their stuff taken down and letters are very effective in doing this and have no interest in trying to cash in on it via lawsuits.

SgtRock,

Copyright owners have just as much right not to send take down-letters as they do sending them. There are legitimate reasons to allow people to post content on their sites for promotion and SEO reasons. Having your content go viral is not a bad thing and almost always results in raising the originators profile which in turn attracts more advertisers to their sites. Most papers understand this which is why most do not or at least apply some common sense when deciding which sites to send take-down letters.

Chunky

And not just bankruptcy and closing down but those responsible being brought to justice which includes Gibson, Mangano, and officials from both Stephens Media and MediaNews who concocted this fraud.

This is simply rearranging the deck chairs. These changes do not address any of the provisions in the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct nor the unauthorized practice of law. Sharing legal fees or proceeds of lawsuits with non-lawyers is prohibited and these changes do nothing to address that,

Rule 5.4. Professional Independence of a Lawyer.

(a) A lawyer or law firm shall not share legal fees with a nonlawyer, except that:

(1) An agreement by a lawyer with the lawyer's firm, partner, or associate may provide for the payment of money, over a reasonable period of time after the lawyer's death, to the lawyer's estate or to one or more specified persons;

(b) A lawyer shall not form a partnership with a nonlawyer if any of the activities of the partnership consist of the practice of law.

(c) A lawyer shall not permit a person who recommends, employs, or pays the lawyer to render legal services for another to direct or regulate the lawyer's professional judgment in rendering such legal services.

(d) A lawyer shall not practice with or in the form of a professional corporation or association authorized to practice law for a profit, if:

(1) A nonlawyer owns any interest therein, except that a fiduciary representative of the estate of a lawyer may hold the stock or interest of the lawyer for a reasonable time during administration;

(2) A nonlawyer is a corporate director or officer thereof or occupies the position of similar responsibility in any form of association other than a corporation; or

(3) A nonlawyer has the right to direct or control the professional judgment of a lawyer.

boftx

The miss-spelling was my fault, My apologies.