skipjac/zendesk-widgets — Issue #4: Sweet irony: Righthaven sued by company it used to sue others
Author: skipjac
Created: 2012-03-05 22:33:20+00:00
State: open

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Righthaven is in the final throes of full collapse. The copyright lawsuit factory claimed to have less than $1,000 in operating capital when opposition lawyers attempted to collect a judgment against Righthaven, and the company's lawyers have simply been ignoring court actions and have not shown up for proceedings. One Righthaven defendant is now asking a court to hold them in contempt.

To add to Righthaven's indignities, the company is now being sued by its process server, Las Vegas-based Legal Wings, Inc. Legal Wings claims that Righthaven rang up $5,670 in charges during 2010 (note: this was even before Righthaven began listing like an oil tanker on a reef) but has refused to pay up.

"Plaintiff has made repeated demands for payment of the monies dues and owing on the Agreement, but the Defendant has failed and refused, and still fails and refuses to pay the balance owed to Plaintiff," says a new court action from Legal Wings, which wants its cash.

One gets the strong sense that Righthaven sees the legal system as a sort of winepress, terrific for squeezing smalltime bloggers until the cash flows out. But when the majesty of the law attempts to put the squeeze on Righthaven, it's fine to simply walk away.

Fortunately, Righthaven's alleged sin in this particular case is simply walking away from a $5,670 debt. Had it been something as horrific as posting a local news article on a blog, the company could be facing up to $150,000 in fines.