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The Banksy stunt: The copyright holder’s right to shred the artwork

By AWA | Posted on October 25, 2018

I don’t think anyone has missed the extraordinary event at the Sotheby’s auction in London a couple of weeks ago, where the frame of the picture Girl with Balloon by the anonymous street artist known as Banksy contained a shredder, and the picture began shredding itself just after being sold for $1.4 million. This event...

Tags: art, Banksy, copyright, copyright law, Girl with balloon, london, Sotheby, United Kingdom

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