Judge dismisses Righthaven case against Pahrump Life with prejudice
Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)
... One of the latest defeats for Righthaven came Thursday in the company’s lawsuit against the Pahrump Life blog, which had been accused of copying without permission an R-J story about a private prison.
... Groups and individuals influential in the copyright world also participated as friends of the court, arguing against Righthaven and its litigation-driven business model.
They included another star litigator, Laurence Pulgram of Fenwick & West LLP in San Francisco; the Democratic Underground, which had been sued by Righthaven in another case; the Media Bloggers Association, Citizens Against Litigation Abuse and UC Berkeley School of Law copyright scholar and professor Jason Schultz.
... U.S. District Judge James Mahan, citing another recent ruling in the Democratic Underground case in which it was closed with prejudice, on Thursday found his dismissal was with prejudice.
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