> He's suing CBS for a dumb reason for a crazy amount ($300k), Not a dumb reason or a crazy amount. He created some photographs. They used them without permi

> He's suing CBS for a dumb reason for a crazy amount ($300k), Not a dumb reason or a crazy amount. He created some photographs. They used them without permission.Sure, $300k is maybe a thousand times more than they're worth in a fair market, but $0 is more than a thousand times less. By not buying them fairly, they've forced him to use expensive lawyers and court processes. And the amount is part of the deterrent - if paying him fairly upfront costs $500, but not paying him either costs $0 or has a small chance of costing $500 when he sues for the actual damages, the reasonable (not moral) choice would be the latter.