March 12, 2012
A Nevada federal judge ruled Friday that posting a short excerpt of a news article on an online forum constitutes fair use, closing the book on a copyright case originally filed by Righthaven LLC against the website Democratic Underground.
June 14, 2011
A Nevada federal judge on Tuesday threw out Righthaven LLC's copyright infringement suit against an online political forum, undercutting the plaintiff's plan to sue under copyrights it bought from media companies.