From: "Bob Blakely" > I assume you believe you have rights. Are they valuable to you? If > someone deprives you of a right, don't you feel harmed in some way > even if what you lost (control over actions on your property) did not > cause any monetary loss? Such a thing should be a cause for a civil > suit, if for no other reason than to secure your right. In such a > case, I have no problem with a court finding $0 for damages, but > still assigning such punitave awards as is necessary to dissuade the > person (and others) from usurping your rights or the rights of > others.
The problem here is there has been no loss of rights by the plaintiff; no infringement of the plaintiff's rights. There is no damage to the plaintiff. The land in question is [was] opened to public use (e.g. tourism). The photographer did no trespass in taking the photos, even without specific permission. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
