by Only an idiot would sue a reputed mob enforcer for copyright infringement. Steve Gibson, CEO of RightHaven LLC, qualifies.
Anthony “Tony the Animal” Fiato was the subject of a book by Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith and was also a source for many of his columns. The book was entitled “The Animal in Hollywood” and is still available on Amazon. Mr. Fiato is being sued for copyright infringement for putting up LVR-J stories about the mob in Las Vegas on his blog “Hollywood Goodfella“.
Fiato said he was surprised to learn of the lawsuit, since he had been unaware of any concern about him posting R-J stories on his website. Fiato learned about the suit because he was contacted for comment by the Las Vegas Sun.
“I’m not concerned about it. It sounds like someone made a mistake,’’ he said, noting his assistance with Smith’s book and in providing information to the Review-Journal.
Fiato said he lives at an undisclosed location as a relocated government witness.
Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell has more on RightHaven LLC and a program he has for WordPress blogs to check on links to any of Stephens Media LLC stories.
H/T Snowflakes In Hell
UPDATE: The Armed Citizen has an extensive update on the suit filed against them by RightHaven LLC. They also have a link to a website that gives in quite a bit of detail on the connections between Steve Gibson, both Michelle and Barack Obama, and Obama’s copyright czar Victoria Espinel.
UPDATE II: Walter Olson writing for Cato at Liberty discusses lawsuit filing “millls”. Among them is what he calls “the most recent to emerge – copyright mills” as evidenced by RightHaven LLC. It is an interesting article on all sorts of “litigation-mills”.
