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Righthaven receiver moves to fire CEO Steven Gibson
Vegas Inc. reports on Righthaven receiver Lara Pearson’s move to terminate Righthaven CEO Steven Gibson. Attorney Marc Randazza represented some of the defendants in the Righthaven litigation. He stated in the article: “It is good to see Ms. Pearson doing that. This is why the court appointed her to run Righthaven’s affairs.” Read More…
Liberty Media Says File-Hosting Company Infringes Adult Films
Bloomberg reports on the latest copyright filings, including a suit filed by Liberty Media Holdings, which is represented by attorney Marc J. Randazza. The adult film company recently filed a complaint against Oron.com. The complaint states: The storage company “is cognizant of its role as the vehicle in which infringers act in concert with one another to copy and distribute
Quote for the day
“Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?” -Judge Clayton Horn in ruling that Allen Ginsburg’s poem, Howl, was not legally obscene.
Oron's Assets Ordered Frozen in U.S., Hong Kong
XBiz reports that Oron.com’s assets were frozen in Hong Kong after Corbin Fisher asked for a temporary restraining order against it, alleging copyright infringement. Attorney Marc Randazza serves as general counsel for Corbin Fisher. The article states: Corbin Fisher on Wednesday filed a $34.8 million copyright infringement against Oron and its operators, claiming they had knowledge and induced the trading
Corbin Fisher Hits Oron With $34.8M Infringement Suit
XBiz reports that Corbin Fisher, for whom attorney Marc Randazza serves as general counsel, filed an infringement lawsuit against Oron.com. The complaint states: If the Copyright Act is to mean anything, it should mean that such schemes do not provide a source of profit for the cyber criminals who engage in them. Read More…
Corbin Fisher Sues Oron.com Cloud Storage Service
AVN reports on Corbin Fisher’s lawsuit against Oron.com. Attorney Marc Randazza serves as general counsel for Corbin Fisher. The complaint filed by Corbin Fisher states: Oron.com’s business model fosters and promotes the infringing of Plaintiff’s exclusive rights through copying, storing, distributing, displaying, and profiting from the unauthorized use of Plaintiff’s copyright protected works. Oron also fosters and induces others to
Piping hot Oatmeal: Update on Charles Carreon’s lawsuit
Robot 6 weighs in on The Oatmeal v. FunnyJunk dispute, quoting what various bloggers have said on the issue. In the post, attorney Marc Randazza says of attorney Charles Carreon: I’ve always known him to be a reasonable, intelligent, and speech-protective type of guy. So, I really can’t tell what is going on in his mind. Read More…
Metabolic Research v. Ferrell – Nevada Needs a Revised Anti-SLAPP Statute, but the 9th Circuit Gives us some Daylight
As a lawyer licensed in five states (MA, FL, CA, AZ, and NV) and who practices free speech law nationwide, I am in a position to comment on the relative merits of various states’ views on First Amendment principles. Among the many states where I have worked on cases, Flori-duh is the worst. Hands down. It has no anti-SLAPP law
Charles Carreon Has a Point Here
It seems that Carreon is now on a campaign to unmask the person who created a fake twitter account using his name. See Ars Technica. The person set up a twitter account with the handle “@Charles_Carreon” and then began tweeting “abrasively.” Now it seems that he is on a campaign to unmask that person, and presumably add them in to
Bleg: Undergroundzero Festival Needs Your Support
The undergroundzero cooperative and festival needs your support! The undergroundzero cooperative (www.undergroundzeronyc.org) is a group of independent artists that produce and present an annual festival of contemporary theater, dance and performance in repertory. Created originally as an annual guest artist festival, it has now evolved into a resident coalition of established independent theater companies producing in New York City. They
Carreon Triples Down — Sues Matthew Inman
Well, Charles Carreon really did it good this time. Instead of backing away from the dispute, like he should have, he’s filed suit against Matthew Inman and Indiegogo. Carreon v. Inman Complaint. For those of you who didn’t catch the story the first time around, Carreon represents a website called “Funny Junk.” Funny Junk is a “user generated content” site
The Oatmeal Responds (Through Counsel)
I have, so far, not joined in the pile-on Charles Carreon that resulted when he sent his ill-considered demand letter to The Oatmeal. I did, however, fear that The Oatmeal might not be represented by good counsel who knew how to crush the demand. I stand corrected, as I have discovered that The Oatmeal is represented by none other than
"You're so gay" not defamatory in New York
Good news. Telling someone “you’re so gay” will no longer get you hit with a defamation suit in New York. (Source). At the end of May, the Third Department of the New York Appellate Court held that because of changing attitudes about homosexuality, calling someone gay who isn’t is no longer defamation per se. Per se categories of defamation include
James John Brennan, BOOM!
James Brennan wasn’t anyone that most of you have ever heard of. He was my high school history teacher, and he died in a car accident yesterday. Brennan was a comical figure. Thick coke-bottle glasses. Wild unkempt hair. Always prone to screaming non-sequiturs either at you, or just down the hallway. If you got a question really wrong, he might
Conservative bloggers claim retaliation for crowd-sourcing posts
In an online flame war spanning across party lines, conservative bloggers say they have been targeted recently for blogging about Brett Kimberlin, a man who was convicted in the 1980s of bombings in Speedway, Ind. (Source). The bloggers started “Blog about Brett Kimberlin Day” movement to make the public more aware of him after he became a political activist. The
ACLU sues after middle school girls expelled over Facebook comments
The ACLU filed a complaint in the Northern District of Indiana against the Griffith Public School district after it expelled three middle school girls for a lengthy conversation they had on Facebook outside of school hours. According to the complaint, the conversation “spanned numerous subjects,” beginning with one girl complaining on her Facebook wall about cutting her legs while shaving
You are Fined Twenty Dollars for Violation of the Verbal Morality Statute.
Creating a well-timed and well-phrased barrage of expletives has been around since the beginning of time and those who have mastered the art should be revered as national treasures (George Carlin, rest in peace). Middleborough, Massachusetts does not share this sentiment. Frustrated malcontent Mimi Duphily was fed up with young hooligans dropping the F-bomb near her auto parts store. So
What What, Fair Use on a 12(b)(6)?
“What what, in the butt?” was the question recently before justices Easterbrook, Cudahy and Hamilton in the appeal of Brownmark Films LLC v. Comedy Partners from the Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Opinion) At issue was whether South Park’s interpretation of Samwell’s “What What In The Butt,” as performed by Butters in the episode “Canada on Strike,” was non-infringing fair use
Your Time Is Their Time (Wasn’t There An Amendment Against That Sort Of Thing?)
Amy Alkon discusses the New York Bar’s new pro bono requirement in Mens News Daily. In her post, Alkon describes some of the virtues of pro bono work–including the pro bono work provided to her by attorney Marc Randazza. Alkon says: I couldn’t have afforded a lawyer to defend me, but that doesn’t mean I am entitled to a lawyer’s
