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The Righthaven Experiment: A Journalist Wonders If a Copyright Troll Was Right to Sue Him
ABA Journal features an article from a journalist who was sued by Righthaven, LLC, although the suit was later dropped. The writer speaks with attorney Marc Randazza, who represented multiple defendants in the Righthaven litigation. The article states: Consider Marc Randazza, who is probably the lawyer who has done the most to destroy Righthaven: His court-ordered legal fees for vigorously defending
Do NOT cite Wikipedia…unless you are in Federal Court
To the chagrin of Legal Writing professors nationwide, citing Wikipedia as a source is gaining traction in Federal Court. The evolution from a question “should a judge cite Wikipedia?” to Federal Court routinely citing the peer edited, open source encyclopedia has been quick. It appears the marketplace of ideas is willing to evolve with technology. Also, this is a testiment
Crazy, meet Racists. Racists, meet Crazy.
Man skipped in line allegedly beats McDonald’s manager with bat | www.wftv.com. Come for the workers’ compensation story, stay for the racist commentary. Seems like some guy has been reading the Consumerist too much and decided that the executive e-mail carpet bomb was insufficient. So, he registered his complaint with management with a baseball bat. Legal stuff: while I
U.S. v. Heicklen Explained – a Win for the Wizened and Worried
By Larry Sutter, Special to the Legal Satyricon The Southern District of New York recently issued its order dismissing the United State’s case against Julian Heicklen. The order is available here. While this is an interesting case about the protection of speech advocating jury nullification, what is even more interesting is the story behind it – from both the people
Why I feel very little pain
I knew that letting David Mamet ghost write my daily speech was good for my health. Now lets go play hide and go fuck yourself.
Bitch of the Century
I hereby pledge that anyone who ever works for me will not be treated like this.
ABA Journal Magazine Tackles Righthaven in May 2012 Issue
Remember Righthaven? While it has been stripped of its intellectual property and claims against it keep piling up, the fat lady has not yet sung – and the ABA has noticed. The May 2012 ABA Journal’s cover story is the aftermath of Righthaven. Eriq Gardner, who Righthaven once sued for posting an image of an exhibit from one of its
Every Now and Then, Arizona Gets it Right.
This weekend is the Phoenix Pride Festival. It’s true that most Pride celebrations are later in the year; usually June or July. A friend asked me why so early for we here in Arizona. The answer is deceptively simple. Have you BEEN to Phoenix in July?? And yesterday it was hot- over 100 degrees- which is warm even by Arizona
Your tax dollars at work
The FCC is still insisting that it couldn’t possibly be wrong, and is appealing the Janet Jackson nipple case to the Supreme Court. (MSNBC)
Happy 4/20
Ever wonder where “420” came from? No it isn’t the police code for “marijuana smoking in progress.” The true story ishere. here. Note: For some reason, there was a link to the Honey Badger video in the original post. Oops.
Challenging The Copyrightability Of Porn
Attorney Marc Randazza wrote an article for XBiz discussing the copyrightability of pornography. Randazza writes: In its current efforts to stop theft of its content, the adult industry is once again confronted with a twin-engined erotophobic attack with new life being breathed into an old theory by feminists (both of the male and female variety). The idea that porn can
Tupac Hologram at Coachella
This is pretty bad ass. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TGbrFmPBV0Y#!]
Drinking, Large Breasts, and the Law
PSL woman Maureen Raymond says her ‘big breasts’ hindered her DUI test performance, affidavit states. While one might think think I posted this article for the prurient interest, it is actually because of a statement in the article that annoyed me. I quote: It wasn’t clear whether large breasts could be cited as part of a DUI case defense or
Are Topless Photos Worth $50,000,000?
The lawyer for Sheriff’s Deputy Krystal Rice seems to think so. Click here and here to see for yourself. Nutshell version: while a cadet, a superior officer convinces her to let him take risque photos, which he promises will only be used for official business in investigating sexual predators. While she should have been tipped off when he claimed he was
When Disabilities Compete
Gentlemen, start your engines. The city of Indianapolis is facing a lawsuit arising from competing disability claims. In one corner, a person using a service dog to help them with their disability (while the typical scenario is the seeing-eye dog, apparently this is a paprika-sniffing dog). In the other, a person with a dog allergy. The Americans with Disabilities Act (along,
Robot Prison Guards
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HCIYGdlH9Y0] I guess it is only a matter of time before we have robot TSA agents. At least they’ll smell better than the swine that work for the TSA now — and they’ll be capable of slightly more independent thought.
Whores in Columbia? Say it ain't so!
Hey, you. Yes, you. The guy over there, whining about the fact that some military members and Secret Service agents went whoring in Cartagena. (source) Come over here. COCKPUNCH There, that’s what you get. Here is what the law should be: If your job is to take a bullet for another man, you have the right to go whoring the
Nevada: want in on the tech bubble 2.0? Get a better anti-SLAPP statute.
By J. DeVoy Earlier this week, Facebook announced its $1B acquisition of hipster staple Instagram. Everywhere you look, social media companies based on seemingly fragile social momentum are receiving gigantic valuations and making initial public offerings. Zynga has $8.8 billion in market capitalization – it’s best known for FarmVille, brogrammers and abusing trademark law. Groupon has lost more money than
The Dulcet Tones of Slayer Just Got a Little Better.
Not sure what to get that friend who’s a wine enthusiast AND head banger? The Almighty Slayer has come through like a champ and delivered unto us “Reign in Blood” Red, a California Cabernet being marketed out of Sweden. Who cares if it is so terrible that it would be better suited to salad dressing? The inverted cross on
