Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It has been my opinion that PeTA is a terrorist organization that weaponizes the legal system to extort and bully for influence not for the wellbeing of the non-humans, but of their pocket and their view of themselves. On 23 April 2018 at 21:14, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > No, a primate can't own a copyright to a selfie it took with a > photographer's camera. > <http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/384531-federal- > appeals-court-upholds-ruling-that-animals-cannot-sue-under> > > People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sued the photographer > on behalf of the button-pressing macaque. The case dragged on for seven > years and pretty much bankrupted the photographer. Thankfully, the 9th > District Court affirmed the decision of the lower court and ruled that PETA > should pay the photographer's attorney's fees. So after seven years of > legal hell, he may be at least back where he started financially. > > The legal decision runs 41 pages(!) No, I didn't read the whole thing, I > just text-searched it to see if the photographer won his legal expenses. > None of the media reports I read said anything about legal fees, and that > can be just as important as winning one's case. > > Now let's just hope PETA doesn't appeal to the Supreme Court. > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com