Righthaven defendant wins first lawsuit dismissal motion

[TrogL]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

The Las Vegas Review-Journal online copyright infringement lawsuit campaign sustained a setback Tuesday when a judge granted a real estate agent's motion for dismissal, ruling his posting of part of a Review-Journal story on his website amounted to fair use under copyright law.

But in another case involving a Review-Journal story on Wednesday, copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC received a boost when a second judge denied a motion to dismiss and authorized the parties to engage in evidence-gathering through discovery.

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U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks granted a motion to dismiss filed by an attorney for Las Vegas real estate agent Michael Nelson, who along with Realty One Group Inc. and a Realty One executive were sued by Righthaven after Nelson allegedly posted Review-Journal stories on his website.

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Separately on Wednesday, Gibson and Righthaven prevailed when U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben in Reno denied a motion for dismissal in a Righthaven lawsuit against the operator of a nonprofit emergency medical services website based in New Hampshire called EMTCity.com.

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/oct/20/righthaven-defendant-wins-first-lawsuit-dismissal-/

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Democratic Underground's case is also mentioned.

[hlthe2b]

1. Lawsuit against a NONPROFIT Emerg Services group allowed

to proceed. Geebus. What pond scum.

[Newsjock]

2. From October, not LBN

Sorry.

[hlthe2b]

3. So apparently Free Republic settled with Righthaven...

I wonder what the facts were in that case that made them decide to settle?

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. Here is some sort of watchdog website!

http://www.righthavenlawsuits.com/