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Still just the same, this guy has some knockoff manufcaturer trying to outsell him for his own work. It's a terrible story and I can easily see how it could have happened with the explanation from this guy
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William Bennett said...Good luck man. I knew a woman who was a terrible artist but a very smart business woman. She would go to art fairs, find out what was selling well, and purchase single units of them. She then sent them to factories overseas where they would be perfectly replicated, sometimes even including the artist's signature, and sent back in crates for a minute fraction of what it cost the artist to do one-offs. A $500 artwork would cost her $5 to have made in China, a $20 art work she would get back in crates of 1000 for $200 a crate. She would then swamp every possible marketplace herself *except art fairs* with these knock offs. Places like Pottery Barn, where she could guarantee delivery in the millions (which artists can't do). Her revenue was in the tens of millions per year, and she got sued all the time by the artists whose work she stole, although the ones that sued were only maybe 1/10 of 1% of those she stole from. Every single last person who sued her she destroyed financially because she would file extensions and appeals and counterarguments. The artists had no chance.
Probably neither do you. This guy and his registered corporation has deep pockets and a legal team working against you. You are a struggling artist with limited funds. Guess who wins in a protracted legal battle? I would be he also has 100 other web sites selling copies of things he has stolen as well, and all of them registered limited liability corporations as well.
That said, good luck because you are in the right here, and you need good luck and good attorneys and a few tens of millions to fight this.
Reply October 27, 2009 at 09:00 AM
"If it's for real it would be nice to post some free advertising to help this guy's legal case. I am all for supporting artists rights. But how do you know if its legit or not?