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Report of Net Art Theft Draws Lawyer Threats

Posted by kdawson on from the you-decide dept.

An anonymous reader sends in word of the well-known artist Todd Goldman, who has been accused of stealing images and ideas from an Internet comic artist/author and others, and profiting from them. Goldman has now threatened to sue the Web page that pointed out the apparent theft to the world.

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  1. It's not libel... by j0nb0y · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not libel if it's true.

    IANAL.

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    1. Re:It's not libel... by umStefa · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The purpose of this lawsuit may not be to actually recieve damages, it is probably simply to try and shut-up the source of the negative publicity.

      You do not need to win a court case for it to be advantage to you. If your goal is to stop a source of negative publicity, a lawsuit may casue the other party to simply shut-up instead of incurring large legal bills on a matter of principal. Of course, if the other party calls you on it and is willing to fight in court you end up getting MORE negative publicity.

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  2. Re:Oh, that's never happened before... by Carthag · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Liechtenstein never claimed to be the creator of the sources he appropriated. Goldman did.