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TODAY ON CYBER LAW AND BUSINESS REPORT: RANDAZZA, RIGHTHAVEN AND ROGER WILLIAMS
Attorney Marc Randazza discusses the Righthaven lawsuits on the radio show and podcast Cyber Law and Business Report. Read more and listen…
Standing up for our eroding civil liberties
Columnist and Randazza Legal Group client Amy Alkon writes in her column about standing up for civil liberties. Alkon recounts an incident with the TSA that she wrote about earlier in 2011, for which she is now being sued for defamation. The column reads: Marc J. Randazza, the First Amendment lawyer defending me, called her case “meritless”… Read More about
Twitter Stalker Is Free to Tweet, Federal Judge Rules
XBiz newswire discusses a recent federal court judge’s dismissal of a criminal case of against a man accused of Twitter stalking. The judge ruled that the man’s conduct was protected by the First Amendment. Attorney Marc Randazza is quoted in the article: It seems bad enough when people waste the courts’ time with civil claims that are really nothing more
XBIZ World Magazine Names Top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011
XBiz World Magazine recently named Marc Randazza one of the Top 50 Industry Newsmakers of 2011. The description on the nomination states: Corbin Fisher General Counsel and 1st Amendment advocate Marc Randazza continued his battle against online piracy by filing numerous bit torrent suits in California, Wisconsin and Nevada with plans for more. Read More…
Defendant asks US Marshals to drag defeated Righthaven to court
Ars Technica covers news that the Randazza Legal Group filed a motion asking the court to have U.S. Marshals take Righthaven’s principals into custody in order to compel them to transfer Righthaven’s copyrights. The post says: These copyrights will be auctioned off to pay Righthaven’s mounting legal bills. The proceeds of these auctions are likely to fall tens of thousands
Court asked to step in after Righthaven refuses to comply with auction
Vegas Inc. reports that Randazza Legal Group attorneys are seeking an order enforcing the auction of Righthaven’s intellectual property after the company refused to turn over its copyrights to a court-appointed receiver on Dec. 19, 2011. The article states: After Righthaven didn’t comply by the close of business Monday, the deadline for compliance, Hoehn’s attorneys at Randazza Legal Group filed
Online criticism sparks real world defamation lawsuit
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune writes about a Florida man’s defamation claim against a Yelp.com reviewer. The article also discusses defamation lawsuits in Florida, where Randazza Legal Group defends many defamation suits. Attorney Marc Randazza says in the article: The day you get served with a defamation suit, whether you’re right or wrong, you just lost $20,000 minimum … Most defamation defendants
Blasting people on twitter – not cyberstalking!
By J. DeVoy Pundits were concerned earlier this year when the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland brought a criminal action against William Lawrence Cassidy. His alleged crime? Posting 8,000 harassing twitter messages about Alyce Zeoli, a buddhist leader in Maryland. The Court dismissed the Government’s case, as Cassidy’s anonymous speech addressed a topic accorded the highest constitutional protections: Religion.
Can Righthaven survive latest legal blow?
The Las Vegas Sun reports on a Nevada federal judge’s order to appoint a receivership to Righthaven, LLC in order to auction its copyrights to pay Randazza Legal Group’s client Wayne Hoehn’s attorney’s fees and costs. The article states: The bond would ensure Randazza Legal Group would get paid should Hoehn’s victory be upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
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Finally Homeland Security does something useful!
Behold… the anti-terrorism tool of the future. The Department of Homeland Security’s fleet of SNO-CONE MACHINES. Yep, 13 state of the art, freedom makin’ sno-cone machines. $11,700 worth. (source) For those of you who think this is a waste of money, you’re idiots. Where do terrorists and illegal immigrants come from? Hot places. Deserts and Mexico, right? Well, you turn
Black judges should not be allowed to hear discrimination cases
That’s essentially what the assholes representing, umm, someone (not sure who) argued when trying to appeal the decision invalidating Prop. 8 in California. (source) <blockquote>Lawyers for a coalition of religious conservative groups met a skeptical audience in the three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as they argued that now-retired Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker should have
Your morning after screw
By Tatiana von Tauber And if Obama had two boys? I’m deeply disappointed by the recent decision to eliminate easier access to the so called morning after pill by girls 17 and under. I fully get where Obama gets his mindset from. I’m a parent of 2 girls, one 13 and very pretty. Obama’s decision to side with Health and Human
Leaping Lohan! Lindsay’s a Bunny.
By Tatiana von Tauber Lindsay Lohan has posed for Playboy for a whopping $1 million. Ah. Bravo. Not only is this a smart financial move for someone of her failure, it’s also a good career move because these days, being naked and/or sexual is the ticket to increased sales and stardom, temporarily at worst. A rather typical female critique of
Fuck the King of Thailand
An American citizen translated a book about the Thai king and posted it on his website. He lands in Thailand and is arrested for lese majeste — insulting the King. (source)
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
In 2000, we (apparently) decided as a nation that it might be a good idea to elect a dumb-as-fuck redneck who wanted to turn America into a theocracy. Meh, it did not exactly work out that well. But hey, why not just give it another try? I mean, there’s no better qualification to be President than a folksy “I
Marco Rubio Called a Traitor by his own Teabag Sycophants
Maybe the teabag contingent isn’t so stupid after all. Both the left and the right seem to understand that the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, approved by the Senate last week, is a horrifying specter. The Act would “require the military to arrest terrorist suspects in the United States and detain them indefinitely without trial.” (source) Of course, 93 senators voted to
It's Official: RIAA Trying To Join Righthaven Lawsuit
TechDirt announces in a post that the RIAA and the AAP will file a motion to for leave to file an amicus brief for Righthaven, LLC v. Hoehnin an appeal of a Nevada court decision awarding attorneys fees and costs to Randazza Legal Group client Wayne Hoehn. The post says: This looks pretty silly from the RIAA’s standpoint. They’re so
FAIL: RIAA Plans to Join Righthaven Copyright Trolls
TorrentFreak provides commentary on the possibility of the RIAA and the AAP filing an amicus brief to join a lawsuit involving Righthaven against Randazza Legal Group client Wayne Hoehn. The article states: (Managing Attorney Marc) Randazza doesn’t think that this is a particularly good move, and responded immediately in his classic style. Read More…
Music, book industries may back Righthaven
Vegas Inc. reports on the possibility of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) joining Righthaven as amici in the suit against Randazza Legal Group client Wayne Hoehn. Managing Attorney Marc Randazza wrote a letter to the attorney for the RIAA and the AAP, which stated: If you have actually managed to convince your
