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If this person is buying art from the unlisted web, if they're not going to be able to prove provenance... what do you think they're going to be able to say? "O
by QAPereo 9y ago
If this person is buying art from the unlisted web, if they're not going to be able to prove provenance... what do you think they're going to be able to say? "Oh gee, I knew it was stolen when I went to the "dark web" to buy it, and it's a well-known stolen piece, but I had no idea that I was receiving stolen property!"
It's not like buying something from e-bay, and it turns out the seller boosted it from a van; that is not your fault.
- microcolonel 9y ago> If this person is buying art from the unlisted web, if they're not going to be able to prove provenance. I think you may have lost track of the thread here. I was addressing this question posed by gtsteve. > And perhaps in a few generations, the heirs of that wealthy person could sell it on. I don't really know how it works if you discover you've inherited property that was stolen a hundred years ago for example. At what point does it become yours? It is obviously unlawful to traffick knowingly in stolen goods. It is as serious a crime as the theft itself (sans aggravating factors like use of force or intimidation, especially with a deadly weapon).
- QAPereo 9y agoI did indeed lose track, thanks for pointing that out so gently.
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