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(Ars Technica) Amusing For assholes who want to run their own copyright trolling firm, today's your lucky day: Copyright troll Righthaven's domain name now up for auction   (arstechnica.com) divider line 17
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UsikFark
2011-12-27 03:56:48 PM
I bet it smells like Walt Disney's frozen head.
 
mavexe
2011-12-27 04:10:18 PM
I hope the winner puts meat-spin on it.
 
ZAZ [TotalFark]
2011-12-27 04:23:43 PM
So I can pay a lot of money to (1) increase the chance that Righthaven's investors will make money, (2) own one of the most hated names on the internet (as measured by people who like to hate things on the internet).

I could buy it and post fake press releases about victorious copyright lawsuits. I don't think that would be >$1,250 worth of fun.
 
Yankees Team Gynecologist
2011-12-27 04:33:29 PM
edibleapple.com
 
ProfessorOhki
2011-12-27 04:34:11 PM
It'd be almost poetic if it got acquired by a domain squatter.
 
idesofmarch
2011-12-27 04:43:34 PM
ZAZ: I could buy it and post fake press releases about victorious copyright lawsuits. I don't think that would be >$1,250 worth of fun.

Tonight's Mega Millions drawing is over $200 million - if I win, this is going on the to-do list. By the time I'm done, the name Righthaven will be synonymous with "that site with nothing but 2girls1cup embedded."
 
89 Stick-Up Kid
2011-12-27 04:55:12 PM
Fark should buy it and make it the 'stupid' tab.
 
ZAZ [TotalFark]
2011-12-27 05:06:57 PM
I just realized. It's a trap. If you use the domain righthaven.com Righthaven will sue you for infringing on its trademark, the name Righthaven. Or Righthaven (company) will assign rights to Righthaven (name used in commerce) to the original investors, who will sue and recover damages that can't be immediately seized to pay the debts of Righthaven (company). And then the copyright defendants will claim fraudulent transfer, and everybody will head back to court, and in the end the only ones left standing will be the lawyers.
 
TV's Vinnie
2011-12-27 05:18:59 PM
So, was the word "asshat" retired?
 
SearchN
2011-12-27 05:49:20 PM
ZAZ: So I can pay a lot of money to (1) increase the chance that Righthaven's investors will make money, (2) own one of the most hated names on the internet (as measured by people who like to hate things on the internet).

I could buy it and post fake press releases about victorious copyright lawsuits. I don't think that would be >$1,250 worth of fun.

You are looking at it the wrong way. Think of a PPM approach to it. You post the fake news, people click, you make money off the ad revenue..

Remind you of any site you frequent?
 
ProfessorOhki
2011-12-27 06:18:34 PM
ZAZ: I just realized. It's a trap. If you use the domain righthaven.com Righthaven will sue you for infringing on its trademark, the name Righthaven. Or Righthaven (company) will assign rights to Righthaven (name used in commerce) to the original investors, who will sue and recover damages that can't be immediately seized to pay the debts of Righthaven (company). And then the copyright defendants will claim fraudulent transfer, and everybody will head back to court, and in the end the only ones left standing will be the lawyers.

<h1>Coming soon: Rig H. Thaven's homepage.</h1>
 
The_Six_Fingered_Man
2011-12-27 06:38:55 PM
ZAZ: I just realized. It's a trap. If you use the domain righthaven.com Righthaven will sue you for infringing on its trademark, the name Righthaven. Or Righthaven (company) will assign rights to Righthaven (name used in commerce) to the original investors, who will sue and recover damages that can't be immediately seized to pay the debts of Righthaven (company). And then the copyright defendants will claim fraudulent transfer, and everybody will head back to court, and in the end the only ones left standing will be the lawyers.

If I'm not mistaken, they were required to turn over ALL IP, which includes their trademark.
 
mr lawson
2011-12-27 07:11:19 PM
ah hell...i didn't see this thread.
just summited a link.
Remember these are the same asshats that sued fark.
 
Tron-tonian
2011-12-28 02:10:51 AM
May e we can pool our cash and sign it over to The Pirate Bay....
 
SearchN
2011-12-28 02:12:54 AM
mr lawson: ah hell...i didn't see this thread.
just summited a link.
Remember these are the same asshats that sued fark.

Isn't that part of the fun?
 
moanerific
2011-12-28 04:51:45 PM
TV's Vinnie

So, was the word "asshat" retired?


Came here to ask the exact same thing! Times are a-changin' here.
 
mootmah [TotalFark]
2011-12-29 12:23:56 AM
I'll raise the bidding to nothing and go fark yourself.
 
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