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Auction of Righthaven website domain name under way
Vegas Inc. reports on the auctioning of Righthaven’s domain name, which began Dec. 26, 2011. The auction is meant to help cover Righthaven’s debt to Randazza Legal Group client Wayne Hoehn. Marc Randazza is quoted in the article as saying: Righthaven went after hundreds of defendants in copyright cases. Often, the defendants were innocent and engaged in fair use. Read
Private Actors Are the Biggest Threat to Free Speech
Crime & Federalism discusses the threat to free speech from litigious private parties. The post talks about the Righthaven lawsuits and about a defamation complaint against the writer of the blog, for which he is represented by the Randazza Legal Group. The post states: I’m proud to disclose that the Randazza Firm, the lawyers who shut down Righthaven, are defending me
Righthaven.com is up for auction
Righthaven went after hundreds of defendants in copyright cases. Often, the defendants were innocent and engaged in fair use. In all cases where a court has been asked, they found that Righthaven had no right to bring the suit in the first place. In all of their cases, Righthaven asked the court to award them not only money, but the
Jury Nullification in Montana
Police arrested a Montana man for possession of marijuana. They couldn’t even seat a jury. Lets hear it for the residents of that community! You don’t need to be black to believe that laws mandating racial segregation are wrong. Similarly, you don’t need to be Tommy Chong to know that laws against simple possession of a plant are stupid, wrong,
A Very Fahkin Southie Christmas
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Who Wants To Own Righthaven.com? Domain Seized, About To Be Auctioned
TechDirt posts about the impending sale of Righthaven’s domain name as part of the auction to pay off its debts after the Randazza Legal Group filed a writ of bodily attachment in the U.S. District Court of Nevada. Read More…
Dismantling of Righthaven appears under way with loss of website
VegasInc breaks the news that Righthaven’s assets have been transferred to a receiver for auction, including the domain for its website. Lara Pearson, the court-appointed receiver, says: If all goes well, I intend to put the domain name up for auction before the holiday break begins tomorrow, though I have not yet made a firm decision as to where the
Righthaven Tries New Strategy: Maybe If It Just Ignores Marc Randazza, He'll Go Away
TechDirt reports on Randazza Legal Group’s filing of a writ of bodily attachment in the U.S. District Court of Nevada in the Righthaven lawsuit. The post states: It appears that Righthaven’s new legal strategy, after getting beaten down left and right by Marc Randazza, is to just stop responding to him or the court. Read More…
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
