Photographers? What are you even talking about?

i have no idea what you're referring to, but it sounds like the photographers ought to. what's wrong with pursuing a payout if it also helps to incentivize avoiding future abuses? do you think airlines are run as a charity or something?

Photographers (some call them paparazzi) who get clocked by people ("celebrities") not wanting their photos taken, legal as it may be. They file a complaint, seek restitution, etc., but don't typically hunt down personal injury lawyers of certain renown to get 7 or 8 figs --which seems to be the consensus.

for what it's worth, i doubt the subject of an internationally infamous abuse scandal had to do much 'hunting down' of attorneys

Layering that red-herring & straw man pretty thick.