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To be safe, I think the picture should be awarded to Peter Doig. Perhaps on the grounds that the owner admits it confusable with his brand..
by totalcrepe 10y ago
To be safe, I think the picture should be awarded to Peter Doig. Perhaps on the grounds that the owner admits it confusable with his brand..
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoHe should team up with the family and make a collection called "Pete come Peter" - composed of Peter's reinterpretations of original works by Pete.
- beambot 10y agoSo if I make art "in the style of artist <x>", then all my work belongs to that artist? (I'm not talking about blatant copies.)
- totalcrepe 10y agoNormally no, but here the "owner" was claiming it is the artist's work, not a facsimile or reproduction. So this is an exact case of the normally theoretical ill that trademark and brand related law is supposed to protect against: something that is honestly confused with the work of a manufacturer with a substantial cost to that manufacturer. Try doing this at the border with a "rolix" and that offended manufacturer has rights to protect their interests not a responsibility to show up to convince customs that your rolix is a real rolex from back when they had trouble spelling. So I'd say this is an example of different justice for different relative social status.