Lawyers (for DU) ask to participate in potentially pivotal copyright case

Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)

The attorneys most active in fighting Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC now want to participate in a potentially pivotal case involving copyright infringement allegations against the Pahrump Life blog.

Attorneys representing Righthaven defendant the Democratic Underground and another group of attorneys representing the Media Bloggers Association asked U.S. District Judge James Mahan in Las Vegas on Friday for permission for the Democratic Underground and the bloggers group to participate as friends of the court in the Pahrump Life case.

... The Pahrump Life case is important in the Righthaven litigation as Mahan — who has already ruled against Righthaven on fair use grounds in another case — is now threatening to find Righthaven doesn’t have standing to sue over content allegedly misappropriated from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

... Based on past experience in the fair use decision, Mahan is likely to allow the Democratic Underground and the Media Bloggers Association to participate in the Pahrump Life case.

Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/may/07/lawyers-ask-participate-potentially-pivotal-copyri/

make any posted information detrimental to their cause grounds to shut down sites and bankrupt the owners. Free Speech is a threat to the economic interests that support the status quo.

suit and will seal their reputation for decades. BIG, BIG, BIG kudos to DU and to the attorneys for allowing the joins.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x2804

I work in the legal field and it gives me a little thrill to know I'm a part of this (dammit, I was never specifically named by Righthaven, LOL!)

There's nothing the RW bastards do that doesn't total up into some kind of vicious scam or other.

The 'young' part may be debatable, however. :-)

Welcome on board, Professor!

I think it is time to make a contribution to DU ...

I think the world of David, EarlG and Brian .... I have been here 9 years now, and while it's a tough place to enjoy lately, I am glad they provide this forum so we CAN disagree ....

Which, apparently, we need to do ....

GO DU !

GANBATTE NE!!!! がんばってね!!

n/t

Little ol' US?

if so have they fought back?

A great community with great leaders. My compliments to the chefs.

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ETA: Crikey! How could I forget?

And 3 cheers to DU for not knuckling under, but instead fighting, with the help of the Electronic Foundation.

From the OP:

"That would level the playing field as the main defendant there, Michael Scaccia, is a retired construction manager who has been representing himself against Righthaven. Scaccia was sued after a Review-Journal story about a private prison showed up on his website."