by Clayton Cramer reports that MediaNews Group is the newest client for the copyright trolls at Righthaven LLC. I guess if the holding company that owns you is in bankruptcy you’ll do darn near anything to make money. However, I wonder how their on-line ad revenues will be after this.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, Righthaven filed its first suit outside of Nevada. They filed in Charleston, SC for an alleged copyright violation from the Denver Post. This brings to 180 the number of lawsuits that Righthaven has filed claiming copyright infringement.
I had thought that like good little trolls, Righthaven might have stayed under the bridge with the shakeup at the Las Vegas Review-Journal but no such luck. The only think I am sad about in the list of papers below is that I’ll have to miss Don Surber’s column in the Charleston, WV Daily Mail. I have listed all the MediaNews Group papers below with their links in case you want to add them to your blocked list.
According to the Las Vegas Sun story:
In California, Media News is part of a partnership called the Bay Area News Group that includes Stephens Media. An affiliate of Stephens Media has invested in Righthaven and, until now, all of Righthaven’s lawsuits involved the Stephens Media-owned Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The MediaNews Group papers by state and city.
Alameda Times-Star California – Alameda
Enterprise-Record California – Chico
Times-Standard California – Eureka
Argus California – Fremont
The Daily Review California – Hayward
Lake County Record-Bee California – Lakeport
Press-Telegram California – Long Beach
The Monterey County Herald California – Monterey
Marin Independent Journal California – Novato
Oakland Tribune California – Oakland
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin California – Ontario
Oroville Mercury-Register California – Oroville
Pasadena Star-News California – Pasadena
Tri-Valley Herald California – Pleasanton
Red Bluff Daily News California – Red Bluff
Redlands Daily Facts California – Redlands
The Sun California – San Bernardino
San Jose Mercury NewsCaliforniaSan Jose
San Mateo County TimesCaliforniaSan Mateo
Santa Cruz Sentinel California – Santa Cruz
Daily Breeze California – Torrance
The Ukiah Daily Journal California – Ukiah
The Reporter California – Vacaville
Times-Herald California – Vallejo
Contra Costa Times California – Walnut Creek
San Gabriel Valley Tribune California – West Covina
Whittier Daily News California – Whittier
Daily Democrat California – Woodland
Daily News California – Woodland Hills
Daily Camera Colorado – Boulder
The Denver Post Colorado – Denver
Fort Morgan Times Colorado – Fort Morgan
Journal-Advocate Colorado – Sterling
Sentinel & Enterprise Massachusetts – Fitchburg
The Sun Massachusetts – Lowell
North Adams Transcript Massachusetts – North Adams
The Berkshire Eagle Massachusetts – Pittsfield
The Detroit News Michigan – Detroit
St. Paul Pioneer Press Minnesota – St. Paul
Alamogordo Daily News New Mexico – Alamogordo
Carlsbad Current-Argus New Mexico – Carlsbad
The Deming Headlight New Mexico – Deming
The Daily Times New Mexico – Farmington
Las Cruces Sun-News New Mexico – Las Cruces
Public Opinion Pennsylvania – Chambersburg
The Evening Sun Pennsylvania – Hanover
Lebanon Daily News Pennsylvania – Lebanon
The York Dispatch Pennsylvania – York
York Daily Record – York Sunday News Pennsylvania – York
El Paso Times Texas – El Paso
The Salt Lake Tribune Utah – Salt Lake City
Bennington Banner Vermont – Bennington
Brattleboro Reformer Vermont – Brattleboro
Charleston Daily Mail West Virginia – Charleston
H/T Sebastian and Clayton Cramer
