Denver judge stays all Righthaven cases in Colorado

Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)

A federal judge in Colorado today said there are serious questions about the validity of the Righthaven LLC/Denver Post copyright infringement lawsuits there, and he put them all on hold.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Kane in Denver said in orders filed in the cases that because of challenges to Las Vegas-based Righthaven’s standing to sue there over Denver Post material, he wants to resolve that issue before proceeding.

"Because there are serious questions as to whether my exercise of subject matter jurisdiction over Righthaven’s claim of copyright infringement is proper, I think it most prudent to stay the proceedings in all pending cases in this district in which Righthaven is the named plaintiff," Kane wrote in an order filed today. "Should I find that I lack subject matter jurisdiction over Righthaven’s claim of copyright infringement, it is likely that I will be required to dismiss all pending actions. A stay will best conserve the parties’ and the court’s resources pending resolution of this fundamental inquiry."

... One of the cases to be put on hold is a class-action counterclaim filed against Righthaven this week.

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and order the Denver Post to relinquish their assets to re-start the Rocky Mountain News (a far better paper than the right-wing crap the Denver Post)

And allowing the class action lawsuit against Stephens Media and RightwingHaven to continue unfettered and a direct judgement of billions of dollars paid back to those who got sued.