Posted on 05/30/2003 10:54:32 AM PDT by coondawg
Streisand Sues Environmentalist Photographer for Website Photo By Steve Brown CNSNews.com Staff Writer May 30, 2003
(CNSNews.com) - Singer/actress Barbra Streisand has filed a $50 million lawsuit against amateur photographer Kenneth Adelman for posting a photograph of her Malibu, Calif., estate on his website. The site features 12,000 other photos of the California coastline as part of a project to document coastal erosion for scientific and other researchers.
Adelman's website, also contains photos of other houses along the coastline. He told CNSNews.com that Streisand was the only one who took legal action against him
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I hope she paid for an environmental impact study. That runoff could seriously hurt some endangered birds and/or whales.
The answer is simple. She could give a crap about the environment. Its just like that dipweed alec baldwin showing up at the animal rights meeting wearing leather. They just need a cause but they don't have a clue!
I just posted her address, which took me about 13 seconds to find in a search engine. Popped that into MapQuest, which shows me EXACTLY how to get to her house. And posted a link to a satellite photo of her property... does she REALLY think she has a claim here?
...and pray for an earthquake, mudslide, fire, missile attack, alien invasion, locusts or any other occurance which might rid us of the windbag.
I hope that didn't sound TOO extreme..
But Rush just mentioned it on the radio, so it will be shut down for a while when they have to reboot the servers.
It's strung between the SEVEN, COUNT 'EM, SEVEN fireplace chimneys. (I bet she ain't got a catalytic converter on 'em either.)
And just what does a good Hollwood environmentalist burn in those fireplaces. Wood? Natural Gas? Little People?
Or, not play in motion picture for the world to see. What a phucking birdbrain.
So the complaint starts with her lawyer talking about how great and beloved she is. (BTW, any grammatical errors are her lawyers', not mine.)
2. Throughout the entirety of her career Plaintiff has been and is sought after by a wide array of people for many different reasons because of her celebrity...
Once again, reiterate her beloved status.
3. People who wish to have contact with Plaintiff do not always do so through legitimate channels which respect her personal space. Unfortunately, some people are prepared to resort to any means to secure that glimpse, or illicit photograph, which fulfills their desire to feel close to Plaintiff, or make money at her expense... blah, blah blah
4. In light of her personal experience with people who wish to pry into every aspect of her life and people who have threatened her personal safety, Plaintiff has adopted throughout the years various measures to shield her private life from public view. MY NOTE: HAH! For example, her home telephone number is unlisted. Also, the records of real property that she owns, such as her home residence, do not list her as the owner, but rather show that the property is owned by an entity which cannot be traced, with any certainty, back to her. (That worked real well!)
5. Among these measures that Plaintiff has adopted to shield her private life from public view is to purchase a primary residence that offers her protection from unwanted intrusion into her domestic environment. After years of painstaking search for a property that was able to combine Plaintiff's desire for a secluded piece of real estate that did not provide any naked eye access to onlookers with her wish to enjoy the benefits and amenities of beautiful landscape features within a safe neighborhood, Plaintiff purchased a parcel of real estate in the City of Malibu. This property, whose road access is delineated by a prominent gate and fence, is set back at a considerable distance from the public roadway which makes Plaintiff's living quarters virtually inscrutable from such roadway. The back of the property abuts a steep cliff overlooking the beach and is demarked by thick shrubbery and foliage.... It is this seclusion that attracted Plaintiff to the property in the first place, and it is the preservation of this seclusion that motivated Plaintiff, at a considerable expense, to landscape the property in the fashion that it now appears.
So, in other words, Babs is a HUGE star with MILLIONS of adoring fans who have bestowed upon her great praise and earned her many awards and accolades across the Universe (not to mention many riches). That being said, it is a requirement that she cloister herself away from these disgusting masses who have made her a star. And, she is entitled to complete privacy and should not be subjected to the prying eyes of these disgusting masses (although she is allowed EVERY right to use her platform in front of these masses to thrust her private points of view upon them). And this big meanie is trying to destroy it all by distributing a photo of her house. So, she deserves $50 million dollars. Open and shut case.
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