Copyright Troll Lawsuit Over Duct Taped Banana Picture
Found on Techdirt on Thursday, 13 February 2020
Back in December, it's likely you heard the wacky story about the "art installation" at the Art Basel gallery in Florida of a banana duct taped to the wall, which sold for $120,000. You may have also heard about how someone stepped in and ate the banana, but the original purchasers were still happy, despite the recognized absurdity of the whole thing.
A copyright lawsuit has been filed against the owners of the website ClickOrlando, claiming that they used a photograph of the duct taped banana taken by John Taggart without licensing it in its article about the artwork.
This entire absurdity ist just mind-blowing stupid. "Modern art" and "art installations" are only a way to launder money.