986forum.com Sued by Righthaven - The Story

[schnellman]

Money sent. How about you?

[Boxster101]

I hope more participants have sent donations than have said so on this forum. Let's go!

[rkwei]

Someone asked me if the ACLU or similar type of organization is involved in defending folks. The answer is it's the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) located in San Francisco.

They work on a pro bono basis and have more asks for help than they can handle; in part because of all the Righthaven suits. This means they try to take the more promising ones that can hopefully set precedents.

Unfortunately their case load was full so I was referred by the EFF to a group of intellectual property gurus - Ridder, Costa, and Johnstone, who served as my attorneys.

They took my case because I was willing to fight and they thought I had some compelling arguments. Reality set in when Righthaven brought in a "new set" of lawyers who indicated they were going to be just as obstinate as I was. Many legal arguments & counterarguments were traded - it became clear that Righthaven wanted to have a precedent case as well - and they'd have been happy to have it been my case. Also note my previous post about additional liability to others being potentially dragged into this.

After toting up the figures to go all the way to the 9th circuit court I decided I had better settle.

RKwei

[rkwei]

Just heard from the lawyers that since both parties signed the settlement papers that Righthaven has formally dismissed the case against 986forum and myself in Nevada federal court.

[ddb]

RKwei,

Thanks for the updates and allowing us to help. Glad to hear it is all over!

ddb

[rkwei]

BTW - have to throw a bit of politics in this - I asked if I should contact my state rep and senator for help, since I'm a taxpayer.

Answer: Absolutely not - they always stay away from Federal cases .....

[vath2001]

Small contribution on its way.

[2TrunkSteve]

Bump - Payment sent - included Paypal address in the title because it took me awhile to find it in the thread. Hopefully that helps others.

Thanks again for a great site!

[Flavor 987S]

Sorry this has happened to you guys.

I’ve always wondered why this Forum never collected a fee, many on the web do. You are just as deserving.

Interesting that none of the site sponsors have stepped up yet. Where's Jake and others??

As unfortunate as this event has been, just remember the money you saved from the Red Line Water Wetter debacle and fraud perpetrated a few years ago, and keep everything in perspective. Karma? That could have really brought you guys down. You guys settle that one pretty well, by banning MNBoxster, aka Jim, aka Andy, and letting him come back as Lil Bastard. That was a close one.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by rkwei

Just heard from the lawyers that since both parties signed the settlement papers that Righthaven has formally dismissed the case against 986forum and myself in Nevada federal court.

Good news!

[randijo]

I don't post much, but I do enjoy reading the posts. I sent a contribution.

[stephendoherty62]

sent you some cash, this site has helped me out alot. I am from Ireland living in the States. This Law suit crap bothers the **************** out of me.