Isn't that basically what Righthaven was doing, on the other side of the legal courtroom? Taking control of the copyrighted work and suing infringers on behalf of content owners?
Not quite. Righthaven did not receive an assignment of the copyrights themselves, they tried to get only a bare "right to sue" that is not recognized by law. The copyright holders were none to eager to give up the entire copyright, after all, but this reluctance doomed their lawsuits.
If he were to fully assign the copyrights to the EFF, they would not run into the same trouble Righthaven did.
