Copyright troll handed ass (again), tries saddest trick ever to get out of paying its victim’s legal bills

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Copyright troll handed ass (again), tries saddest trick ever to get out of paying its victim’s legal bills

Everyone’s favorite copyright troll Righthaven has once again had its ass handed to it. The company, which was spun out of a Nevada newspaper, sublicenses the right to sue people from copyrig…

via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2011/08/16/copyright-troll-handed-ass-again-tries-saddest-trick-ever-to-get-out-of-paying-its-victims-legal-bills.html

Righthaven then argued that it shouldn’t have to pay the defendants’ attorney fees because it didn’t have standing to sue, so the court didn’t have standing to order it to pay. The judge laughed and laughed and laughed. And told them to cough up $34,045.50

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