Righthaven’s suit against Sharron Angle draws increased attention
By Steve Green — The Las Vegas Sun
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 | 9:22 a.m.
Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC’s legal action against Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle is bringing wider attention to the company’s online copyright infringement lawsuit campaign.
Righthaven since March has filed 117 copyright infringement lawsuits in federal court in Las Vegas against bloggers and website operators throughout North America.
One observer noted that by suing Angle on the Friday afternoon before Labor Day, Righthaven may have been hoping to limit media attention to the case.
If that was the strategy, it’s unclear if it worked, as the story was picked up by The Associated Press, was covered by Politico.com and was mentioned on the Fox News Channel. Righthaven was also covered, apparently for the first time, by the Washington Post.
A Post writer noted: “I don’t know how common it is for print or web publications to police copyright in the manner this journal is using (via a third-party entity).” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY