Nevada GOP Candidate Faces Copyright Lawsuit
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}June 8: Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle shakes hands of supporters in Las Vegas. (AP)
LAS VEGAS -- A company has sued Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, claiming she reprinted two Las Vegas Review-Journal articles on her campaign website without permission.
Las Vegas-based Righthaven is seeking unspecified damages in its complaint filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.
The suit alleges Angle neither sought nor received permission to display a Review-Journal article and editorial on her website this summer.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Angle spokesman says he would not comment until the campaign's lawyers have reviewed the suit.
Righthaven tracks Internet traffic for copyright infringements of Review-Journal stories. It then buys the copyright for a story from the newspaper's owner, Stephens Media LLC, and sues the alleged infringer.