illegally spray paint someone's building, and get $6 million in damages

[harmonica]

New York---they love criminals

The artworks on the walls of old warehouse buildings in Queens became a 'graffiti mecca' known as 5Pointz, but they were painted over in 2013 and the building destroyed to make room for high-rise luxury residences.

'The significance of this decision is that federal law now protects not only artwork exhibited in MoMA or the Louvre but also public murals, created with permission,' he said.

Graffiti artists WILL receive $6.7million payout from landlords

The artworks on the walls of old warehouse buildings in Queens became a 'graffiti mecca' known as 5Pointz, but the paintings were destroyed in 2013 to make room for high-rise luxury residences.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[CrusaderFrank]

That artwork was magnificent! Stellar! The building owners should have saved it

 

[shockedcanadian]

New York---they love criminals

The artworks on the walls of old warehouse buildings in Queens became a 'graffiti mecca' known as 5Pointz, but they were painted over in 2013 and the building destroyed to make room for high-rise luxury residences.

'The significance of this decision is that federal law now protects not only artwork exhibited in MoMA or the Louvre but also public murals, created with permission,' he said.

Graffiti artists WILL receive $6.7million payout from landlords

The artworks on the walls of old warehouse buildings in Queens became a 'graffiti mecca' known as 5Pointz, but the paintings were destroyed in 2013 to make room for high-rise luxury residences.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Well now that's interesting.

What if a group of graffiti artists headed to a politicians home and spray painted it, preferably when they weren't in their residence so they could take their time with their art. How would that politician feel if they tried to clean it off and were ordered to pay the vandals for this egregious act?

Some of this is borderline insanity.

 

[harmonica]

New York---they love criminals

The artworks on the walls of old warehouse buildings in Queens became a 'graffiti mecca' known as 5Pointz, but they were painted over in 2013 and the building destroyed to make room for high-rise luxury residences.

'The significance of this decision is that federal law now protects not only artwork exhibited in MoMA or the Louvre but also public murals, created with permission,' he said.

Graffiti artists WILL receive $6.7million payout from landlords

The artworks on the walls of old warehouse buildings in Queens became a 'graffiti mecca' known as 5Pointz, but the paintings were destroyed in 2013 to make room for high-rise luxury residences.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Well now that's interesting.

What if a group of graffiti artists headed to a politicians home and spray painted it, preferably when they weren't in their residence so they could take their time with their art. How would that politician feel if they tried to clean it off and were ordered to pay the vandals for this egregious act?

Some of this is borderline insanity.

....same with blocking politicians driveways/etc--they wouldn't like that
....I just take it for granted that it is illegal to spray paint someone else's property

 

[Mac-7]

i am tempted to bash the unelected judges as usual

but apparently our idiot elected governent in washington passed a law...