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			{{Infobox website
			\| name = Democratic Underground
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			\| url = {{URL\|https://www.democraticunderground.com}}
			\| launch_date = {{start date and age\|2001\|1\|20}}
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			'''Democratic Underground''' is an ] for members of the ] in the Unites States. Its membership is restricted by policy to those who are supportive of the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates for political office.

			== History ==
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			Created on December 5, 2000,<ref>{{cite web \|date=2002 \|title=DemocraticUnderground.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info \|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/democraticunderground.com \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122141755/http://whois.domaintools.com/democraticunderground.com \|archive-date=November 22, 2018 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|work=Domain Tools}}</ref> Democratic Underground was launched on January 20, 2001, the day ] was inaugurated as United States president. It describes itself as a "grassroots ] political community" and "an online community for friendly, ] people who understand the importance of working together to elect more Democrats and fewer ] to all levels of American government".<ref>{{cite web \|date=2012 \|title=Terms of Service \|url=https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241211190359/https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice \|archive-date=December 11, 2024 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|publisher=Democratic Underground}}</ref>

			As of June 2008, over 122,000 user accounts were registered and over 38 million messages had been posted. Democratic Underground publishes articles several days a week and hosts an online store, a directory of links, and forums where members may post on various topics of interest. Discussions from posters at Democratic Underground attracted national attention. One example of this was the dialog about the ], in which a few posts explored the possibility of "]". The posts were reported by John Schwartz on '']'' and ] on ].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Schwartz \|first=John \|date=January 3, 2005 \|title=Myths Run Wild in Blog Tsunami Debate \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/world/worldspecial4/myths-run-wild-in-blog-tsunami-debate.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529171240/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/03/world/worldspecial4/myths-run-wild-in-blog-tsunami-debate.html \|archive-date=May 29, 2015 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|work=The New York Times \|issn=1553-8095}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Hume \|first=Brit \|date=January 4, 2005 \|title=Disaster's Cause? \|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/disasters-cause \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031143648/https://www.foxnews.com/story/disasters-cause \|archive-date=October 31, 2020 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> An administrator also sent a letter to ''The New York Times'', which was printed.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Washington \|first=David Allen \|date=January 10, 2005 \|title=Online Debate Forums \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/opinion/online-debate-forums-090700.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030153504/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/opinion/online-debate-forums-090700.html \|archive-date=October 30, 2020 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|work=The New York Times \|issn=1553-8095}}</ref>
	'''Democratic Underground''', also known as '''DU''', describes itself as an "] for ] and other progressives." According to its web page, its membership is restricted by policy to those who are "generally supportive of progressive ideals," and who "support Democratic candidates for political office." . However, the scope of discussion is wide and members represent a broad spectrum of liberal beliefs and backgrounds. DU was established on ], ], the day ] ] was inaugurated.

			Earlier in 2003, the site attracted the attention of ] in '']'' when a poster explained why they wished to see continued bloodshed in Iraq.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Taranto \|first=James \|date=November 5, 2003 \|title=Dems Gone Wild--III \|url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110004262 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526154756/http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110004262 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|issn=1042-9840}}</ref> The forum was mentioned by Chuck Raasch of '']'' within the context of ] about the ] to blow up airliners between the United Kingdom and the United States. One poster suggested that one reason for why the liquids were banned on airplanes was to allow the airlines to significantly charge more money for their own beverages and that the American government's push to release the announcement of the plot was done to bump ]'s primary loss out of the news cycle.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Raasch \|first=Chuck \|date=August 10, 2006 \|title=Terrorists were brewing a fresh date of infamy \|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2006-08-10-raasch_x.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003043340/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/raasch/2006-08-10-raasch_x.htm \|archive-date=October 3, 2012 \|access-date=January 12, 2025 \|work=USA Today \|issn=0734-7456}}</ref> On Election Day 2016, the forum was hacked and rendered unavailable, which the site blamed on ] trolls.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Leyden \|first=John \|date=November 10, 2016 \|title=Left-wing cyber-hangout blames security breach on pro-Trump trolls \|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/10/democrat_site_blames_pro_trump_hackers/ \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|website=The Register}}</ref>
	Since its inception, over 82,000 forum accounts have been created with over 50,000 still remaining active. Almost 20 million messages have been posted. There is no cost for membership and participation, although voluntary donations are solicited, and some services are available only to donating members. DU ] articles six days a week and has an online store, a directory of links, and ] where logged-in members may post on various topics of interest.

			== Copyright infringement lawsuit ==
	==Features of Democratic Underground==
			{{main\|Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground LLC}}
			In 2010, Democratic Underground was sued for alleged copyright infringement in a member's posting of a few paragraphs from an article in the '']''. The suit was brought by ], an entity that finds ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' quotations online, buys the copyright for that story from the newspaper, and retroactively sues for copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Green \|first=Steve \|date=August 11, 2010 \|title=Righthaven sues Democratic Underground website over R-J posting \|url=https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/11/righthaven-sues-democratic-underground-website-ove/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512041503/https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/11/righthaven-sues-democratic-underground-website-ove/ \|archive-date=May 12, 2022 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|work=Las Vegas Sun \|issn=2639-9083}}</ref> In response to the lawsuit, Democratic Underground asserted that the quoted excerpt (five sentences of a 54-sentence article) was ], and counterclaimed against Righthaven for ], ], and ]. Democratic Underground was represented in the case '']'' by the ], attorneys from the firm of ], and Las Vegas attorney Chad Bowers.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Green \|first=Steve \|date=September 28, 2010 \|title=R-J owner faces counterclaim in copyright lawsuit campaign \|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/28/r-j-owner-faces-counterclaim-copyright-lawsuit-cam/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512041502/https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/28/r-j-owner-faces-counterclaim-copyright-lawsuit-cam/ \|archive-date=May 12, 2022 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|work=Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> After Righthaven lost a similar suit against ] over 8 of 30 sentences quoted from a news article, Righthaven asked the judge in the case against Democratic Underground to dismiss Righthaven's claim against Democratic Underground.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=November 18, 2010 \|title=Righthaven Says It Will Stop Suing Over News Excerpts \|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/11/righthaven/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014143122/http://www.wired.com/2010/11/righthaven/ \|archive-date=October 14, 2022 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|magazine=Wired <!-- Threat Level --> \|issn=1078-3148}}</ref> On June 14, 2011, Judge ] ruled that Righthaven be dismissed from the case because Righthaven had never owned the copyright of the article and gave Righthaven two weeks to explain in writing why it should not be sanctioned.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=June 14, 2011 \|title=Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit Dismissed as Sham \|url=https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/06/14 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925231523/https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/06/14 \|archive-date=September 25, 2022 \|access-date=January 9, 2025 \|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref>

	==~~=Columns=~~==		== References ==
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			== External links ==
	DU has several regular ]s, and on any given day may have a number of guest columns sent in from contributors.
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			* on ]
			* on ]

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	* Mondays: , a rundown of the most outrageous ] activities in the past week, according to the DU administrators.
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	* Wednesdays: writes her column.
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	* Thursdays: , an 'advice' column.
	* Fridays: , a ] column supposedly written by a ] Team Leader.
	* Occasionally, DU will feature a of ].

	Bernard Weiner and Ernest Partridge of ''The Crisis Papers'' are frequent guests.

	===Forums===

	The DU Forums are a highly active scene for political discussions by "Democrats and other progressives". To maintain the desired atmosphere in the forums, the administrators will sometimes "]" (ban) users for violating site policies, such as :

	<blockquote>We ban ] disruptors who are opposed to the broad goals of this website. If you think overall that George W. Bush is doing a swell job, or if you wish to see Republicans win, or if you are generally supportive of conservative ideals, please do not register to post, as you will likely be banned.</blockquote>

	<blockquote>Do not publicly accuse another member of this message board of being a disruptor, conservative, Republican, FReeper, or troll, or do not otherwise imply they are not welcome on Democratic Underground. If you think someone is a disruptor, click the "Alert" link below their post to let the moderators know.</blockquote>

	<blockquote>Have a thick skin. Please be aware that just because you consider a post to be offensive does not mean that it is against the rules or bigoted. As a general rule of thumb, posts about ideas are generally okay, but posts about groups of people are often inappropriate.</blockquote>

	The main forums on DU have been re-arranged since the close of the 2004 US election season. They now include:

	* Latest Breaking News
	* ]s and Other Articles
	* General Discussion
	* General Discussion: ] (superseding "General Discussion: Campaign 2004")
	* The Lounge (for general non-political discussion)

	Other forums include:

	* Individual forums for the discussion of state and local issues.
	* Individual forums for the discussion of certain political topics such as education, homeland security, and guns.
	* Individual forums for the discussion of certain relatively non-political topics such as books, science, and sports.
	* "Group" forums where chartered groups of users may discuss topics of mutual interest such as hobbies, fan clubs, and potential ].

	An "Ask the Administrators" forum was maintained until ], ]; this forum allowed users to pose questions to the board administrators. This forum has now been shut down by the administrators, who felt that the forum was being used as a medium for people to issue complaints, with the nature of their complaints being inflammatory. A "Rules" page, a "Frequently Asked Questions" page, and a "Contact the Administrators" page showing the email addresses of the administrators have been substituted.

	Two of the most controversial forums are often scenes of hot debate between posters:
	* The Justice/Public Safety board, used for discussing ] issues and commonly referred to as the "Gun Dungeon" or "Gungeon"; and
	* The ]-] affairs board, sometimes referred to as the "Basement."

	====Influencing polls====

	Media websites (including newspapers, television networks, and ]) run occasional "polls" that do not use the ] methods of formal ]s, but instead invite everyone to respond. Some DU forum messages, usually captioned "DU this poll", urge DU members to vote 'en masse' in these polls. The goal is to influence polls to reflect the aggregrate votes of DU members. After voting, members report back to thread, usually simply writing "Done" or "Done and kicked" ("kicked" meaning the message thread is being moved to the top of the forum page by the new message so that other members will see it).

	This sort of poll manipulation is not unique to Democratic Underground and is employed by many other activist websites of all political stripes.

	====Member avatars====

	Registered members can select an ] that will be displayed along with each of their forum postings. For donating members, this avatar can be a custom ] that they have supplied; non-donating members can choose from a set of standard images that include popular symbols, images of political figures or ] figures, and state outlines, state flags, and a few national flags. These avatars allow users to show some of their personality with each posting.

	After the ], many members displayed an upside-down American flag as their avatar; an inverted flag is an international symbol of distress.

	====An online community====

	Some prolific members have posted more than 1,000 times (the point at which their posts stop displaying the exact total). Through frequent contact in the forums (including special topic groups) and online private messages, members come to know one another. Discussions range beyond politics to include such diverse subjects as pets, pet peeves, and pop culture. Occasionally, members organize face-to-face get-togethers.

	Like other communities, DU has its in-jokes. New members are often confused by DU vocabulary, usually referencing pop culture ("this thread needs more cowbell") and deficient spelling skills of conservative trolls (such as "cazy," "moran," and "noble jesters").

	===Campaign Underground===

	DU has an online ] headquarters named "Campaign Underground." The site, which was put together with help from DU members, features a database of information about campaigns, voting trends, and media. A "media blaster" feature provides the ability to email local media outlets in many ] cities. Eventually DU hopes to have other features, such as integrated local news from the forums, a local event calendar, and other issues specific to states and locals.

	===Demopedia===

	On ], ], DU launched the ] of , a ] based collaborative project aimed at presenting the Democratic and ] opinion and outlook, and at collating and preserving some of the information generated on the forums. During the beta, only users who had registered at DU before December 7 were able to contribute. It uses the ] software.

	==Ideology==

	Although DU restricts its postings to people on the political left, members have many internal disagreements over a wide range of issues, as well as disagreements over tactics of opposition to the Bush Administration. Nearly all members oppose the ], but some DU members favor only a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, while other members favor an immediate and total pullout. Some members favor the ], while a majority do not. Another such issue is ]; DU participants include supporters and opponents of further restrictions on gun ownership.

	While supporters of ] are a distinct minority at DU, many posts criticize the ] from the left. Democrats such as ] and ], who are more inclined toward compromise and conciliation with the Bush Administration, are regularly attacked at DU, while Democrats such as ] and ], who favor a more confrontational approach, are more highly regarded.

	==Activism==

	DUers are active in U.S. politics in many ways. Many of them attend political protests and rallies, volunteer for campaigns, and write letters to editors of newspapers and members of Congress.

	===Activist Corps===

	One of the newest ways in which DUers are involved is called the DU Activist Corps. Founded on ], ], the Activist Corps is a group of over 1,000 DUers who are committed to taking action on a certain issue whenever an official Activist Corps activity is posted.

	The first Activist Corps action was posted on ]; members wrote letters to the editors of local newspapers regarding ]'s role in the leaking of ] agent ]'s name. More than 70 letters were published in newspapers throughout the country. Other Corps activities have included signing online]s to ] asking them to reject ] nominee ], and to write letters of support ].

	===Political candidates===
	Some DUers have run for, and have even been elected to, political offices as high as ]. Examples of these include:
	*Herb Riede, the Mayor of ];
	*Monica McGlocklin, a three-term former member of the ];
	Elizabeth Rogers<!-- Apparently NOT* the one with a Wiki article -->, Congressman ]'s opponent in the ];
	*], Congressman ]'s opponent in the ]; (In an ironic twist, during his campaign, Seemann was banned from DU as a disruptor even though he was the Democratic Party's candidate for his Congressional district.)
	*Justin Sowa, Congressman ]'s potential opponent in the ]; and
	*The late ], a voting-reform activist who ran against Sam Reed for ] Secretary of State in ].
	*] who is running for the Democratic Nomination to run for the US Senate from Rhode Island in ].

	==Notable members==

	Several notable figures have posted in the forums at some point. Among those who have been verified as not being ]es are:

	* ], the son of ];
	* ], member of the ] from ];
	* ], the wife of ];
	* ], a son of ];
	* ], liberal activist, ], and former managing editor of Truthout.org.

	==Owners==

	The website is owned by Democratic Underground, LLC (a ]), which is in turn owned by David Allen of Washington, D.C. He goes by the ] "Skinner" while on the boards and handles most of the issues relating to the forums. The other two administrators, "EarlG" (of Washington, D.C.) and "elad" (of Portland, OR), handle the articles and technical issues, respectively.

	==Criticism==
	{{Weasel}}

	Democratic Underground has been criticized for ] directed against both the political left and the right. From the left, critics have alleged that administrators and moderators unfairly ban ("tombstone") or ] posters who consider themselves to be to the political ] of ], the ] ] ] for the US presidency, and claim that DU is not truly ] or ], but rather ], and adheres too strongly to the politics of the centrist ] (DLC). One group of these critics were affiliated with the ] forums founded by ] supporters who felt alienated from Democratic Underground during the contentious primary season, and many of them had been banned or were later banned from the Democratic Underground forums. Other DU members claim that the moderators of the ] forums enforce an anti-] bias. DU also generally bans any mention of the ], which DU members instead refer to as "the site that shall not be named".

	The administrators have directed the moderators to remove any attempts by members to discuss the site on the site and this is routinely done, occasionally resulting in the banning of members. Controversy has also arisen over allegations that the owners of Democratic Underground often favor their largest cash contributors during debates in the message forums. Critics point to the dominance of several member block constituencies that appear to wield undue influence on the direction DU's moderators take in resolving member disputes.

	Others, often conservatives or supporters of ], have criticized Democratic Underground for removing comments and banning users who don't conform to the site's political stance. They charge that there is ] in standing for progressive and liberal ideals while enforcing limitations on ideological diversity and freedom of speech. Defenders of Democratic Underground respond that it is valuable for progressives to have a site for internal discussions, based on shared values.

	Another forum was started in fall 2005 called ], a community of Leftists. Its members are mostly ] and ], though there are many who are still affiliated with the Democratic Party. It broke away in protest of what they claim, is DU's supposed ideological tilt towards the ], a centrist group that seeks to move the party right. There are currently 704 members at PI. It should be noted that the Democratic Leadership Council is often criticized by posters on the Democratic Underground forums. ] has a membership fast approaching 800 members boasts such notables as Stan Goff and Joe Pageant. Democratic Underground has forbidden all mention of PI on their forum because many of their best and brightest members migrated over there.

	===Citing outlandish comments===

	Outlandish comments sometimes appear at Democratic Underground, and have been cited by critics. One example of this was the dialog about the ], in which a few posts suggested some conspiracy at work. Although some posts were deleted and the threads were locked, the mere occurrence of the posts was reported by '']'' and ]. The DU administrators officially disavowed what they called "kooky tsunami conspiracy theories". They added, "One wonders why the author did not spend five minutes over at ] and instead write an article about how conservatives think the tsunami was some sort of retribution from God, or how Muslims deserved it."

	==See also==
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	==External links==

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	* - conservative watch group
	* - conservative satire of DU

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Latest revision as of 13:06, 12 January 2025

Online political community

Democratic Underground
Headquarters	United States
URL	www.democraticunderground.com
Launched	January 20, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-20)

Democratic Underground is an online community for members of the Democratic Party in the Unites States. Its membership is restricted by policy to those who are supportive of the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates for political office.

History

Created on December 5, 2000, Democratic Underground was launched on January 20, 2001, the day George W. Bush was inaugurated as United States president. It describes itself as a "grassroots left-of-center political community" and "an online community for friendly, politically liberal people who understand the importance of working together to elect more Democrats and fewer Republicans to all levels of American government".

As of June 2008, over 122,000 user accounts were registered and over 38 million messages had been posted. Democratic Underground publishes articles several days a week and hosts an online store, a directory of links, and forums where members may post on various topics of interest. Discussions from posters at Democratic Underground attracted national attention. One example of this was the dialog about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, in which a few posts explored the possibility of "earthquake weapons". The posts were reported by John Schwartz on The New York Times and Brit Hume on Fox News. An administrator also sent a letter to The New York Times, which was printed.

Earlier in 2003, the site attracted the attention of James Taranto in The Wall Street Journal when a poster explained why they wished to see continued bloodshed in Iraq. The forum was mentioned by Chuck Raasch of USA Today within the context of conspiracy theories about the August 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot to blow up airliners between the United Kingdom and the United States. One poster suggested that one reason for why the liquids were banned on airplanes was to allow the airlines to significantly charge more money for their own beverages and that the American government's push to release the announcement of the plot was done to bump Joe Lieberman's primary loss out of the news cycle. On Election Day 2016, the forum was hacked and rendered unavailable, which the site blamed on pro-Trump trolls.

Copyright infringement lawsuit

Main article: Righthaven LLC v. Democratic Underground LLC

In 2010, Democratic Underground was sued for alleged copyright infringement in a member's posting of a few paragraphs from an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The suit was brought by Righthaven, an entity that finds Las Vegas Review-Journal quotations online, buys the copyright for that story from the newspaper, and retroactively sues for copyright infringement. In response to the lawsuit, Democratic Underground asserted that the quoted excerpt (five sentences of a 54-sentence article) was fair use, and counterclaimed against Righthaven for fraud, barratry, and champerty. Democratic Underground was represented in the case pro bono by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, attorneys from the firm of Winston & Strawn, and Las Vegas attorney Chad Bowers. After Righthaven lost a similar suit against Realty One Group over 8 of 30 sentences quoted from a news article, Righthaven asked the judge in the case against Democratic Underground to dismiss Righthaven's claim against Democratic Underground. On June 14, 2011, Judge Roger L. Hunt ruled that Righthaven be dismissed from the case because Righthaven had never owned the copyright of the article and gave Righthaven two weeks to explain in writing why it should not be sanctioned.

References

"DemocraticUnderground.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info". Domain Tools. 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
"Terms of Service". Democratic Underground. 2012. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Schwartz, John (January 3, 2005). "Myths Run Wild in Blog Tsunami Debate". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Hume, Brit (January 4, 2005). "Disaster's Cause?". Fox News. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Washington, David Allen (January 10, 2005). "Online Debate Forums". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Taranto, James (November 5, 2003). "Dems Gone Wild--III". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 1042-9840. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Raasch, Chuck (August 10, 2006). "Terrorists were brewing a fresh date of infamy". USA Today. ISSN 0734-7456. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
Leyden, John (November 10, 2016). "Left-wing cyber-hangout blames security breach on pro-Trump trolls". The Register. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Green, Steve (August 11, 2010). "Righthaven sues Democratic Underground website over R-J posting". Las Vegas Sun. ISSN 2639-9083. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Green, Steve (September 28, 2010). "R-J owner faces counterclaim in copyright lawsuit campaign". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
Kravets, David (November 18, 2010). "Righthaven Says It Will Stop Suing Over News Excerpts". Wired. ISSN 1078-3148. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
"Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit Dismissed as Sham" (Press release). Electronic Frontier Foundation. June 14, 2011. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2025.

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