Newspaper copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas was hit Wednesday with an order to pay $119,488 in attorney's fees and costs in its failed lawsuit against former federal prosecutor Thomas DiBiase.Heh heh! Life is good! Couldn't get any better. Except for Wronghaven, for whom it couldn't get much worse.
This was by far the largest fee award against Righthaven, but likely will be dwarfed by an upcoming award in Righthaven's failed suit against the Democratic Underground.
Whoops! It's not often that I'm happy to be wrong, and this is one of them.
Before Wednesday the largest fee award against Righthaven was for $34,045 -- an amount Righthaven says it's having trouble paying or even posting a bond to cover.
I suppose the rest could just put their suits on hold until this one gets settled, then they can start up again. One at a time, drip, drip, drip, until they pass from this earth. It'll keep them busy and out of trouble.