Legal

Sharron Angle hit with R-J copyright infringement lawsuit

The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s copyright infringement lawsuit partner on Friday sued U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle over R-J material posted on her website, allegedly without authorization. The suit seeks damages of $150,000 against Angle and forfeiture of her website domain name.

3 September 2010
By Steve Green

Why we are writing about the R-J copyright lawsuits

Some commentators are wondering why the Las Vegas Sun, and our sister publication In Business Las Vegas, have published so many stories about the Las Vegas Review-Journal/Righthaven LLC copyright infringement lawsuit campaign.

1 September 2010
By Steve Green

Settlement reached after judge refuses to dismiss copyright suit

Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC won a legal victory in one of its lawsuits Tuesday when a federal judge refused to dismiss the suit.

31 August 2010
By Steve Green

University professors among latest sued over R-J copyrights

Operators of four more websites were hit Thursday with copyright infringement lawsuits alleging material from the Las Vegas Review-Journal was posted on the sites without authorization.

27 August 2010
By Steve Green

Righthaven CEO's law firm in merger

Detroit law firm Dickinson Wright PLLC has expanded to Las Vegas by combining with Las Vegas firm Gibson Lowry Burris LLP. Steven Gibson is the CEO of Righthaven LLC, a firm that has partnered with the Review-Journal in filing copyright infringement lawsuits.

24 August 2010
By Steve Green

Lawsuit prompts RTC to drop 'ACE' name from bus lines

RTC introduces their new line of Ace buses and new lines of service during a media showing of the new line Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Regular service will begin Sunday, March 27, 2010.

The Las Vegas-area bus system has stopped using the “ACE” name for some premium buses and routes after it was sued for trademark infringement by Ace Cab Inc. An RTC official said the name was dropped "to avoid a lengthy legal battle.”

17 August 2010
By Steve Green

State Democratic Party fighting R-J copyright lawsuit

The Democratic Party of Nevada is fighting back against a copyright infringement lawsuit over Las Vegas Review-Journal stories posted on its website, enlisting Washington, D.C., attorneys experienced in representing public officials, candidates and political parties.

5 August 2010
By Steve Green

Defendants in R-J copyright lawsuits speak out

The following are some of the nonprofits, individuals and companies sued by Righthaven. • acdc-bootlegs.com and its owner, Nate Althoff, both accused of posting R-J material about an AC/DC concert in Las Vegas. Court records show the AC/DC bootleg website has posted numerous AC/DC concert reviews by publications including the Des Moines Register, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Louisville Courier-Journal and the Kansas City Star.

4 August 2010
By Steve Green

Are website copyright violations hurting newspapers' bottom line?

Righthaven LLC CEO Steve Gibson says the real story about Righthaven is not the controversy over its lawsuits, but that it’s a fast-growing technology company with a bright future in Las Vegas — a city that certainly needs the jobs.

4 August 2010
By Steve Green

Some targets of Righthaven lawsuits fighting back

The Righthaven lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas at first glance seem pretty simple: They show bloggers, nonprofits and generally small-time websites around North America for years have been cutting and pasting entire Las Vegas Review-Journal stories on to their websites without authorization.

4 August 2010
By Steve Green

Legal attack dog sicked on websites accused of violating R-J copyrights

Steven Gibson is CEO of Righthaven, which buys copyrights from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, then sues people who have violated those copyrights.

When it comes to fighting copyright theft in the news industry — the piracy of stories, editorials, columns, photos and videos — there are watchdogs and there are attack dogs.

4 August 2010
By Steve Green

How Nevada's ranting rules might have helped Mel Gibson

How Nevada's ranting rules might have helped Mel Gibson

The secretly recorded, profanity-laced telephone conversations purportedly capturing actor Mel Gibson threatening his ex-girlfriend could be admitted as evidence in a California courtroom if the “Braveheart” star is charged with domestic violence, but the tapes wouldn’t be admissible in Nevada.

31 July 2010
By Steve Kanigher

R-J mob source hit with copyright suit

Former mob enforcer turned government witness Anthony Fiato over the years has been the subject of a book by Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith and a source for Smith's news columns.

27 July 2010
By Steve Green

More copyright lawsuits filed over Review-Journal stories

Four more website operators have been sued for copyright infringement after Las Vegas Review-Journal stories were posted on their websites, allegedly without authorization.

23 July 2010
By Steve Green

Golf course, charity at odds over fundraising tournament

Has a Nevada golf course been trying to intimidate the charitable foundation of 6-foot 9-inch, 345-pound football player Jonathan Ogden? As unlikely as it may seem, that’s an issue emerging in a lawsuit pitting the Dragon Ridge Golf Club Inc. of Henderson against the foundation of Ogden, the retired Baltimore Ravens 11-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle.

15 July 2010
By Steve Green
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