Showing posts with label no standing for RightHaven to sue as Stephens Media kept ownership of copyrights in articles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label no standing for RightHaven to sue as Stephens Media kept ownership of copyrights in articles. Show all posts

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Newspaper chain fights for copyright troll's survival; ArsTechnica.com, 7/1/11

David Kravets, ArsTechnica.com; Newspaper chain fights for copyright troll's survival:

"The roadblock is that several judges have recently cried foul on the business model, ruling Righthaven has no legal standing to bring the cases. That’s because Stephens Media kept ownership of the copyrights in the articles, which meant Righthaven had no right to sue over the work.

Now Righthaven and Stephens Media have reworked their agreement—a contract or “assignment” that Gibson, and now Stephens Media, say grants Righthaven standing to sue."