I appreciate the irony that these media companies leverage the cost of litigation in order to avoid paying for photos but, when the cost of litigation is used t

I appreciate the irony that these media companies leverage the cost of litigation in order to avoid paying for photos but, when the cost of litigation is used to extract compensation for their victims, this whole litigation blackmail thing is just evil and out of control! I can’t help but feel the article chose to veer too far in the direction of sympathizing with the serial-thieving companies here. Is the best that could be said for this guy is hat he’s an ass “of the media’s own making”?