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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by noja on Sunday October 27, 2019 @03:33AM (#21368339)
Eh? Someone else is selling his art.
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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by gohbgl on Sunday October 27, 2019 @03:46AM (#21368378)
Nobody stole his million pound painting and sold it.
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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by cookie_monsta on Sunday October 27, 2019 @04:30AM (#21368487)
If you're talking about the one with the monkeys at Sotheby's he didn't own it at the time either
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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by oh_sigh on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:05AM (#21368800)
Can I not sell a photo of a new York City street scene if one of banksys pieces is visible in the background?
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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by krsdcbl on Sunday October 27, 2019 @06:33AM (#21368886)
That really depends on what the picture represents in the end: how you describe it, yes. If you just take a front-up shot of the graffiti only then it would be hard to argue that you were depicting the city/scenery and not trying to reproduce the art.
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