Righthaven Redux — With a Difference 44

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 28, 2012 @02:25PM from the fuer-ausgezeichnet-justiz dept.

First time accepted submitter Capt.Albatross writes "At Boing Boing, Rob Beschizza reports that, in an act of delicious irony, Swiss ISP Ort Cloud [sic] has acquired Righthaven's domain name and has relaunched Righthaven.com as a web hosting service diametrically opposed to the practices of its original owner, a notorious but ultimately unsuccessful copyright troll. The new owners, in partnership with first amendment lawyer Marc Randazza (who was instrumental in the original Righthaven's demise), promise 'infrajuridsictional infrastructure' — uptime that would require international cooperation to bring down. 'Frivolous plaintiffs will find little comfort here' says Ort Cloud's Stefan Thalberg. The domain name became available in a court-ordered auction of Righthaven LLC's assets, to pay its creditors."

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May I be the first to say... (Score:2)

by inode_buddha ( 576844 ) writes:

BwahahahHahahaHAAhahaha....
"...uptime that would require international cooperation to bring down. 'Frivolous plaintiffs will find little comfort here' "
c|n>k
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    by Ja'Achan ( 827610 ) writes:
    
    Doesn't that just increase the attack vector?
    - Re:increase the attack vector (Score:3)
      
      by TaoPhoenix ( 980487 ) writes:
      
      Sure. Multinational cooperation, hmm?
      "Oh look! Everybody just signed ACTA!" (12 phone calls later) "Yes Boss, they'll be down in 17 hours and that's only because of all the time zones."
gotta love it (Score:2, Interesting)

by ganjadude ( 952775 ) writes:

When you get to slap the trolls in the face like that. Its too bad we cant get the MPAA and RIAA domains from them with all their frivolous lawsuits
- - Re:gotta love it (Score:5, Informative)
    
    by ganjadude ( 952775 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @02:37PM (#38851117) Homepage
    
    Never said I personally did, Its just nice to see the trolls get what they deserve.
    
  - Re:gotta love it (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by SuricouRaven ( 1897204 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @02:47PM (#38851171)
    
    Redirect them to the Pirate Bay, of course.
    
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by JonWan ( 456212 ) writes:
    
    how about posting Jack Valenti's grave? http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19109468 [findagrave.com]
  - Re:gotta love it (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by K. S. Kyosuke ( 729550 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @03:33PM (#38851401)
    
    You wouldn't know what to do with those domains if you had them.
    I'd found the Monty Python Association of America...
    
    - Re: (Score:2, Redundant)
      
      by sconeu ( 64226 ) writes:
      
      No you wouldn't!!!
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    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @04:24PM (#38851605)
    
    Comment removed based on user account deletion
    
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by Rennt ( 582550 ) writes:
      
      If you could do all that you wouldn't need the RIAA's domains.
- Re:slap (Score:2)
  
  by TaoPhoenix ( 980487 ) writes:
  
  Problem is, Righthaven was just a straw man. It only took a figurative slap to bring them down.
  I can't believe any of the news anymore, because yesterday's tin foil hat is becoming today's news.
stick your sic, Craptain Arsebastard (Score:2)

by Hognoxious ( 631665 ) writes:

"Ort" is German for a city of town, so it isn't necessarily a misspelling of the solar system's suburbs.
- Calm down bro (Score:2)
  
  by Mister Liberty ( 769145 ) writes:
  
  Ort Cloud [sic] obviously is a play on Oort Cloud.
  Because Oort was Dutch and Cloud is English it's neither here nor there
  whether they speak German in Switzerland.
fundraising idea (Score:5, Funny)

by Trepidity ( 597 ) writes: <[delirium-slashdot] [at] [hackish.org]> on Saturday January 28, 2012 @02:46PM (#38851165)

Perhaps, for a fee, they could send you your very own custom frivolous takedown notice, so you can relive the old days.

Excellent logo - Portuguese man o' war (Score:3)

by G3ckoG33k ( 647276 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @02:57PM (#38851221)

The log at http://righthaven.com/ [righthaven.com] must be a Portuguese man o' war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Man_o%27_War) which is a carnivore using its venomous tentacles, a man o' war traps and paralyzes its prey.
Brilliant!

Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:5, Informative)

by Penguinshit ( 591885 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @03:01PM (#38851245) Homepage Journal

A certain publishing house is trying to assert copyright over public domain material [blogspot.com]. (yes it's a link to my blog but typing is very difficult for me so I don't want to repeat myself).

- - Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:4, Informative)
    
    by rrohbeck ( 944847 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @04:15PM (#38851581)
    
    You should have clicked OP's .sig before typing that.
    
    - Re: (Score:2)
      
      by FatLittleMonkey ( 1341387 ) writes:
      
      Doesn't that just amplify the troll's point? Ctrl-c, ctrl-v is a hell of a lot less typing than "(yes it's a link to my blog but typing is very difficult for me so I don't want to repeat myself)."
  - Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:5, Informative)
    
    by auLucifer ( 1371577 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @07:11PM (#38852723)
    
    If you'd have opened his link you'd have see why right on his page: "diagnosed with ALS in 2004 and continued working until 2008 when I could no longer control a mouse"
    Truly an insensitive clod.
    
    - Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:4, Funny)
      
      by oodaloop ( 1229816 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @08:04PM (#38853125)
      
      Hey, I'm an insensitive clod, you insensitive clod!
      
  - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by Dan541 ( 1032000 ) writes:
    
    Because clicking a mouse is so damn hard?
"The Bug" From MIB Says... (Score:3)

by BlueStrat ( 756137 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @03:07PM (#38851265)

...uptime that would require international cooperation to bring down.
"Your terms are acceptable."
[NO CARRIER]
Strat

This is like taking over the Death Star (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @03:07PM (#38851275)

It's now called the Life Star, and instead of blowing up planets, it'll cover them with a spray of flowers.
Or something.
I just wanted to use the Star Wars metaphor.

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    by SuricouRaven ( 1897204 ) writes:
    
    Just use freshly-dead, seedless flowers. That way they get to celebrate for a week, and all the flowers turn into harmless compost. You'd still have things like algal blooms to deal with, but it shouldn't be a planet-killer.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by EdIII ( 1114411 ) writes:
  
  Hmmmm.... I like it.
  I imagine that for extra irony you would have Darth Vader's Day Care as an added benefit for employees with children?
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by skine ( 1524819 ) writes:
  
  One question that obviously leaps to mind, Professor Death, is why on Earth you elected to name this contraption of yours the Giant Death ohIsee.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgejSCHRi8 [youtube.com]
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  by gmhowell ( 26755 ) writes:
  
  It's now called the Life Star, and instead of blowing up planets, it'll cover them with a spray of flowers.
  Or something.
  I just wanted to use the Star Wars metaphor.
  Everyone knows it should be called the Peace Moon [darthsanddroids.net].
- Re:waste (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by folderol ( 1965326 ) writes: on Saturday January 28, 2012 @04:05PM (#38851537) Homepage
  
  The 'old' Righthaven got nothing from the sale of their domain - it all went to their creditors.
  
Randazaa is no hero, just another smarmy lawyer (Score:2, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

He is on the side of the RIAA in the bittorrent lawsuits, and goes on at length on his blog (The Legal Satyricon) about how the fines in the [few] RIAA verdicts are completely justified. He talks about fairness, that is until his income is affected, then he's just like any other lawyer.
infrajuridsictional (Score:2)

by Arancaytar ( 966377 ) writes:

Even without the typo, infrajurisdictional literally means "below the jurisdiction". Servers in the planetary core?
Interjurisdictional?

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May I be the first to say... (Score:2)

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Re:increase the attack vector (Score:3)

gotta love it (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:gotta love it (Score:5, Informative)

Re:gotta love it (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:slap (Score:2)

stick your sic, Craptain Arsebastard (Score:2)

Calm down bro (Score:2)

fundraising idea (Score:5, Funny)

Excellent logo - Portuguese man o' war (Score:3)

Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:5, Informative)

Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:4, Informative)

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Re:Worse Than Copyright Trolls... (Score:5, Informative)

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"The Bug" From MIB Says... (Score:3)

This is like taking over the Death Star (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:waste (Score:4, Informative)

Randazaa is no hero, just another smarmy lawyer (Score:2, Informative)

infrajuridsictional (Score:2)

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