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Erm..?
Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/…
This seems like a ridiculous judgement to me. Any NYers able to tell me whether the building owner had owned the place before the graffiti was put up?
- The future owner whitewashed 10 months before the property was given permits for any construction. Done overnight no warning.robotron3k
- I guess what I'm asking is — was it his property before the graffiti was added? If so, so fuck what he does to his property? Graffiti should be ephemeral.detritus
- I appreciate street art, to a degree - but oftentimes it IS just vandalism. I'm not sure what right to ownership there can be here.detritus
- He owned it, but violated law because he initially agreed to display their work back in the 90s. It's def splitting hairs but there is some settlement.robotron3k
- oh, well i suppose if he agreed to it..detritus
- thanks, btw!detritus
- I’ve seen artistic graffiti but most of that building looked like good ol territory vandalism style. Millions. Fucking lawyers.monospaced