Righthaven message-board suit survives dismissal motion

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Source: Las Vegas Sun

The owners of a Utah website may be liable for copyright-infringing content posted on their site without their knowledge, a federal judge in a Righthaven LLC lawsuit ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Kent Dawson in Las Vegas denied a motion for dismissal of a Righthaven copyright infringement lawsuit against Lehi, Utah, company Vote For The Worst LLC.

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A potentially important ruling is still expected to come out of Righthaven's lawsuit against the Democratic Underground.

Attorneys with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in that case claim to have received evidence about Righthaven's copyright assignments undermining Righthaven's lawsuits over Review-Journal material -- assertions denied by Righthaven.

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/mar/31/righthaven-message-board-suit-survives-dismissal-m/

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Again, go Skinner.

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1. Righthaven is exactly what is wrong in this country

Instead of actually creating something these people only try to make money off of litigation. They actually produce nothing.