Graffiti Artist Sues Grand Theft Auto Creators

Thanks to EvilAvatar for pointing to an Entertainment Law Digest synopsis about a graffiti artist suing over unauthorized use of his work in Grand Theft Auto III. The article says that "Christopher Ellis asserts that Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software copied, used, and distributed his artwork, [made under the name] Daze" in GTA3, and Daze's official website has examples of his work, which was allegedly scanned into Grand Theft Auto's gritty urban environments without his knowledge.

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Public Property?

[Kaeru the Frog]

Why shouldn't Take-Two be allowed to make scans of public property? Defacing it with your 'art' doesn't make it yours.