a federal judge yesterday dismissed a case RH brought against democratic underground saying that RH did not have grounds to sue since it did not actually own the content it was suing for (background - RH sues on behalf of media outlets by purchasing the right to sue, but not the actual copyright). the judge also ruled that RH failed to list the original copyright holder in most of the 200 cases it was pursuing.
the judge gave RH 2 weeks to explain why it should not be sanctioned.
and (according to the forbes blog) if RH is ordered to pay defendants attorney costs, it could lead to a wave of lawsuits by others who have "settled" rather than go to court.
the ruling essentially invalidates all of the other "contracts" RH has for "copyright" transfer with the specific right's holder (that i think was the cause of this suit) **************** and threatens the other "cases" RH has in other states with other content holders.
http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2011/06/15/copyright-vigilante-righthaven-will-fight-on-after-ruling/
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