Since forming copyright holding company Righthaven LLP this year, Nevada attorney Steve Gibson has launched a litigation campaign unprecedented in newspaper history. Asserting copyrights acquired mostly from the Las Vegas Review-Journal , Righthaven has taken a sue-first approach to enforcement, dragging more than 100 Web sites that republished R-J content without permission into court. Defendants have included political commentary and activist Web sites across the ideological spectrum, as well as the U.S. Marijuana Party, university professors, and a dating Web site. While Righthaven’s campaign is in its early stages, as of September its suits had already survived two defendants’ motions to dismiss; Gibson says about 30 percent of the defendants he has sued have settled up with Righthaven.
During a September panel discussion held via phone, Gibson debated his controversial business model with Santa Clara University professor Eric Goldman and Barbara Wall, the general counsel of newspaper chain Gannett Co.
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