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		llamaimperative on Oct 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A legal dispute that will test the limits of fair ... “No your honor I did not steal the painting off the gallery walls. I made a performance art piece, a derivative work, about art theft.” Awfully convenient eh?

TheCoelacanth on Oct 2, 2022 [–]

Copyright infringement is not theft.

A video of someone stealing a piece of art from a gallery does not infringe the copyright of the art being stolen. It is still theft, though.

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