Righthaven Sues Users for Reposting News Articles

Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC is now suing individual message-board posters, not just website operators. Righthaven, which files copyright infringement lawsuits over unapproved online postings of material from the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Denver Post, filed seven infringement lawsuits in U.S. District Court for Nevada, lifting its lawsuit total since March to at least 203.

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