[Leica] a photographer sued

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

Steve,

Running up the costs is definitely part of the game.

John



On 5/30/2013 3:11 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
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> On May 30, 2013, at 12:58 PM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote:
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>> Watch out, a personal note!
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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!
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> and all of this obviously costs lots of money, no matter how frivolous, 
> assumptions of one's innocence notwithstanding.
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> Steve
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>> John
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>> <http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/settlement_in_cipoletti_case>
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