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It's not just the suits looking out for their money in the Financial District these days. The artist behind the Charging Bull sculpture near Wall Street is suing Random House for using an image of his work for the cover art of a book about the fall of Lehman Brothers. 1010Wins reports that Arturo Di Modica was filing the lawsuit in federal court yesterday, and seeking unspecified damages. He is also asking the picture be removed from the book, titled "A Colossal Failure of Common Sense." Indeed, he had the sculpture copyrighted in 1998, 9 years after its creation. Maybe Sad Panda can go on the new cover!
Random House Messes With The Bull, Gets the Horns
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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This lawsuit is more of a stretch than Horizon Realty suiting a tenant over a tweet!
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Actually, I don't think it's a stretch at all. Its common knowledge that you need to have all sorts of rights cleared before you use a photograph for a book cover.
Right but this bull has become an historic wall street figure featured on all sorts of publications. I do not think every single one had permissions from the artist.
Seems like he just doesn't want his bull featured on a book that focuses on negativity towards wall st.
"i gots to get paaaaaiid, bitches!"
The scuplture sure is hypocritical!
He plopped that sculpture down on public property in the 1990s without getting any permits. (He did it without permits in other locations as well.)
Could you imagine the congestion and clutter if every self-important artist decided to plop her/his work down on the public sidewalks?
The Parks Commissioner at the time, Crazy Henry Stern, liked it and didn't want it removed. So, it has illegally expropriated public space for a dozen years.
The sculptor decides to sue when someone expropriates an image of his work, but he has no problem with his expropriating others' property.
Legally, you can take a picture of this bull and print it in a newspaper or magazine or any other non-commercial publication with absolutely no problems...Images used for editorial use do not need property releases. Covers of books used for commercial purposes, however, require releases. He's totally within his rights to sue them for this images usage.
Just because the bull is near wall street, doesn't mean it's associated with corruption and greed.
Good info farleft. Thanks.