Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law to Avoid Copyright Law

Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by mehwoot on Sunday October 27, 2019 @07:19AM (#21369050)

The major art dealers who sell his work know who he is. They keep the secret because it's profitable.

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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by mcv on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:33PM (#21378479)

So his desire for anonymity is actually feeding rich people's profits?

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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by WilliamEdward on Sunday October 27, 2019 @07:25AM (#21369076)

This obviously sounds like something that could be possible, but equally possible is that there is no banksy and it is simply a marketing tactic, where banksy was originally one person that evolved into random artworks from many people.

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Re:Banksy's Fake Store Is an Attempt to Abuse Trademark Law ... by celticninja on Sunday October 27, 2019 @08:17AM (#21369250)

Given how it started I think this is BS. He was a graffiti artist who got a lot of recognition, it wasn't an art/marketing scam because if it was the recognition would have come a lot faster.

I'm happy he is selling his work to people for lots of money, they are idiots for buying it, doesnt mean the works aren't good, but they are still idiots.

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