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Richard Prince Selling Other People's Instagram Shots Without Permission for $100K
Artist Richard Prince is notorious in the art world for taking other people’s work, “appropriating” them as his own with various changes, and then selling them for large amounts of dough. His latest endeavor is once again raising eyebrows: Prince is selling other people’s Instagram photos for up to $100,000 each.
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This cant be true, its just too ridiculous! How is this guy not sued into the ground? Why aren't people protecting their artwork...
I think it's true. I remember the lawsuit mentioned in the article. I guess the guy was emboldened by winning that "fair use" suit and now he's raking it in. It's hard to protect artwork, and I think what this guy is doing is legal anyway. Copyright is a tricky business and random people on Instagram are probably not going to sue.
What would you consider not ok when it comes to these types of scenarios?
Well, I don't think it matters what I consider not ok. I'm not saying I think it's ok, just that Prince already won a previous lawsuit about this sort of thing, so he's probably confident that he would win another.