Tell me this is going to be appealed!
Private property is sacrosanct to a free society. The death of freedom is not a pretty thing to watch.
From the article it isn't decided on yet???
What's yours is mine does seem to be the mindset of a lot of people but then again some corporations and thugs have been doing that type of thing for a long while now. I would have thought the judge would have thrown something like this out to begin with when someone is claiming any ownership in another person's property but.....well you know the certain segment of the collective has gone whacko and has rights above and beyond in many places these days.
Could be he was dealing with crap graffiti before he made the agreement and thought it might stop it. Who knows? Lol
Did that informal agreement include never getting rid of it? I doubt it. If so and it can be proven, he screwed up., royally.
No idea. But it was stupid to agree to it in the first place.
Also from the piece...
The artists contend that their work was whitewashed overnight and that they didn’t have a chance to rescue it or potentially relocate it to a museum, and the developers counter that they had given the artists enough notice. Regardless, the artists’ work made 5 Pointz a go-to destination, and it’s evident that developer is trying to benefit from this reputation, if the interior renderings are anything to go by.
Yet that is merely new art not old graffiti.
Could be he was dealing with crap graffiti before he made the agreement and thought it might stop it. Who knows? Lol
No idea. But it was stupid to agree to it in the first place.
Also from the piece...
The artists contend that their work was whitewashed overnight and that they didn’t have a chance to rescue it or potentially relocate it to a museum, and the developers counter that they had given the artists enough notice. Regardless, the artists’ work made 5 Pointz a go-to destination, and it’s evident that developer is trying to benefit from this reputation, if the interior renderings are anything to go by.
Who Gives a shit about the graffiti and motherfucking artists... they are scum of the earth.
Geez, chill there Rusty some of us "motherfucking artist" as you call them have been paid very well for our simple artwork. Street art graffiti has been glorified in many of the larger cities instead of taking these talented people off of the streets and getting them into an area of constructive art. It was just one more door that was opened without thought as to what would be the end results.