Re: Utter Stupidity. Utterly Pissing Me Off.
I could be missing something here - not had my first caffeine shot yet - but if he's British and PETA have brought this case in America, why can't he just tell them to fuck off?
Granted, that could prevent him travelling to The Land Of The Free (TM) in future, and could make it difficult to sell his work in the US, but there are large expanding markets in Asia and he seems to be protected by UK and European law. I know American publications pay pretty well, but I doubt if he'll ever earn enough from them to defend himself in court.
This is unpleasantly reminiscent of the way the Church of Scientology (ab)used legal systems worldwide - ISTR that even L Ron Hubbard said that the objective of the lawsuits were to 'harass and discourage, not to win'.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
