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Interesting US law suits regarding graffiti


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Not Alamy related I should stress but might be of interest concerning the sensitivity of such images on Alamy. The first concerns the company H&M who preemptively sued a graffiti artist when they included his work in an advert:

 

http://clancco.com/wp/2018/03/hm-files-lawsuit-arguing-graffiti-not-protected-by-copyright-law/

 

H&M backed down.

 

This one is current, this time Mercedes is pre-emptively suing 3 graffiti artists whose (giant) works figure in a commercial for a Mercedes 4WD:

 

http://clancco.com/wp/2019/04/mercedes-benz-sues-artists-argues-no-copyright-infringement/

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