MediaNews' New CEO Drops Copyright Trolls Righthaven


Dropped like a hot potato.

One of the first things John Paton has done since becoming CEO of Digital First, a new company that oversees newspaper companies MediaNews Group and Journal Register Company, is fire Righthaven.

Righthaven was formed last year to sue bloggers and others who infringed upon newspapers’ copyright. The deal was that newspapers, including those owned by MediaNews Group, would sell their copyrights to articles to Righthaven, which would then sue the pants off anyone.

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