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Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)The Stephens Media LLC newspaper chain is denying allegations that its copyright lawsuit campaign involves a fraud perpetrated on Nevada’s federal judges.
... With Righthaven removed from the case for lack of standing, a Democratic Underground counterclaim is active against Stephens Media in which the Democratic Underground is seeking recovery of its legal fees – by now in the hundreds of thousands of dollars – and a fair use declaration so it can again post the Sharron Angle story information.
... "It would make a mockery of this court’s process to adopt the pretense that Righthaven now is in the business of owning and licensing exclusive rights in copyrights, rather than merely suing on them, when it has done, and is empowered to do, nothing else. This is especially true given Righthaven’s history of false representation as to the nature of its relationship and Righthaven’s authority," EFF attorneys for the Democratic Underground wrote in their filing.
... In court filings Friday, Stephens Media and Righthaven fired back, with Stephens Media first announcing it was withdrawing its request for Hunt to reconsider his June 14 order removing Righthaven from the case, a decision Stephens Media had said left it in the unusual position of defending the counterclaim even though it was unable to sue the Democratic Underground since it had transferred the copyright at issue to Righthaven.
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