Originally posted by interested_observer http://priceonomics.com/the-richest-photographer-in-the-world/
Interesting article. Appropriation art - who knew? I've never heard of the topic before, though I have seen one of the huge paintings of a Campbell soup can. To be honest, though, when I saw it I did not think of stealing; I thought "he's famous and hanging in a prestigious art gallery for painting a soup can really big - why didn't I think of that?"
Originally posted by dcshooter There is no way these fall under the fair use exceptions under US copyright law
According to the article, in a US court of law, there apparently IS a way, surprising as it may seem. It never ceases to amaze me that what appears to be an open and shut, clear cut case to one party is very much ambiguous and debatable to another party.
Originally posted by dcshooter I imagine attorneys would be lining up to file a group action against him on contingency
Not being an attorney, I probably don't appreciate exactly how attorneys operate, but I'd have to theorize that lawyers, like the rest of us, weigh the relative likelihood of success before undertaking a course of action. I wonder if the courts' actions have caused the lawyers to hesitate on these kinds of cases.