On 9/9/2014 7:35 PM, Bill wrote:
On 09/09/2014 9:22 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
Wouldn't you know a lawyer would take it upon himself to find an heir to
a fortune that no one knew existed and not exist if not for the hard
work of a third party. Why he had to find a person who had no idea that
they were even related to the original artist, (and who the Artist
probably didn't know either), who's first, and probably last reaction to
the trove of negatives would have been to dispose of the junk. All for
justice, no thought of the possible huge payday involved.
There are times that Justice is called for and then there are times that
Lawyers are fully deserving of the disgust that one feels turning over a
rock one finds something slimy and a bit repulsive.
I used to be angry at lawyers, but then I realized that politicians are
the enablers.
One presumes that Mr. Maloof owns the cellulose and silver that the
images reside in, since it sounds like he bought that hard property fair
and square. I expect he could tell the "copyright owners" to go pound
sand if they want his plastic and silver, even if he has to give over
all money he made from the work.
It sounds to me like as if Ms. Maier abandoned her property, and by
extension, her property rights. One wonders what the storage contract
looked like.
The situation is one where the law is an ass.
bill
Mr. Maloof hired a company of genealogists to track down Ms. Maier's
closest living relative & heir. That relative turned out to be a first
cousin living in Europe. Mr. Maloof purchased the copyrights to Ms.
Maier's images from that heir.
Now this lawyer sticks his oar in and says he has tracked down another
putative first cousin living in Europe & is suing Maloof on that
cousin's behalf.
Supposedly the new first cousin is a closer relative to Maier than the
old first cousin Maloof's search firm found. I don't understand how that
works, but clearly if the new first cousin has any claim at all it's
against the original first cousin.
Can you say CONTINGENCY FEE boys & girls? See also: SCUMBAG BOTTOM FEEDER.
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