Righthaven Loses Again 119
Hugh Pickens writes "Righthaven, the Las Vegas copyright troll, won't be collecting any damages from a man it once branded as a copyright infringer but instead must pay the man's legal fees of $34,045. US District Judge Philip Pro awarded the fees in the case of Kentucky message board poster Wayne Hoehn, finding that Righthaven didn't have standing to sue him due to the Review-Journal maintaining control of the column [and that] Hoehn was protected by the fair use doctrine. This is the second attorney's fee award against Righthaven. These are likely just the tip of the iceberg, with prevailing defendant Thomas DiBiase asking for $199,250 while the Democratic Underground will likely seek a fee award of many hundreds of thousands of dollars after Righthaven was dismissed from that suit for lack of standing. The bottom line for Righthaven is that so far it has not won a single lawsuit of 275 filed since 2010."
Re:Best part (Score:5, Funny)
Did they seriously adapt "Well if I'm such a dummy and you're talking to me then what does that make you?" to the courtroom?
Re:Best part (Score:4, Funny)
Making the argument that "Well it's your stupid fault for allowing our moronic, baseless case to be brought into your court room in the first place" does seem something of a last-gasp strategy.
When you are 0 and 275... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Best part (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't this the sort of situation disbarment was designed to handle?
This is the type of situation that torches and pitchforks are designed to handle.
Re:0 for 275? (Score:4, Funny)
Your lunch won't be there. It's already stolen.