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Re:Peter Doig sued for disavowing 40-year-old painting by CoryG89 on Thursday July 07, 2016 @09:03PM (#12053048)
I agree with this, but can someone really be held liable for something like this? I assume the painting did not come with a contract that states the artist/seller must always claim the work, from now to forever?
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Re:Peter Doig sued for disavowing 40-year-old painting by icebraining on Friday July 08, 2016 @04:08AM (#12054159)
Not claiming his work is different from actively denying having made it. You don't need a contract to be sued for causing damages by knowingly making false claims.

Assuming he's actually the author, he's in a way "defaming the painting".

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Re:Peter Doig sued for disavowing 40-year-old painting by bitJericho on Friday July 08, 2016 @06:06AM (#12054511)
spreading damaging lies is most definitely something you can be sued for!
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