[Leica] a photographer sued

[john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)]

Watch out, a personal note!

There is an aspect of suing photographers which I haven't seen discussed in 
this 
thread, and it is somewhat unnerving.  In the US, anyone can sue anyone at 
anytime, for practically anything, and depending on the amount of money they 
are 
willing to spend, it can go on for quite a while.

I was sued, and a photograph of a building without humans or pets taken from 
the 
public sidewalk was part of the suit.  It didn't matter that virtually the 
same 
image was on a public site, this was a thought offense.  The attorney doing 
the 
suing had the treasury of a wealthy non-profit behind him and hired a large 
upscale law firm and fought on with increasing desperation for three years.  
One 
of the plaintiffs, the non-profit, finally settled and publicly apologized, 
the 
other settled.

Then the attorney instigating the suit and the firm which he hired then 
separately sued the non-profit, who counter-sued, and this went on for a 
couple 
of more years, thankfully without me.  Years later, the non-profit awarded 
me a 
medal of merit.

So be careful out there!

John


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