floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoArtist says he will destroy $45 million worth of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol masterpieces with acid if Julian Assange dies in prisonwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down118
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minus-squaregloss@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up23·10 months agoIt depends on the country. In the US an artist has rights and deliberately destroying an artwork can get you sued. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Artists_Rights_Act
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·10 months agoRembrandt, Picasso, and Warhol do not have any rights anymore. They have all died.
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-210 months agoAnd how would that compare, for you, to Julian Assange if he dies in prison ?
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoIf I had to choose one? I’d burn the art to save a life. If he died and the artwork was destroyed, I would think that was two tragedies.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoWhat’s the reason for that? Tried googling but couldn’t find anything on the reasoning for the law
It depends on the country. In the US an artist has rights and deliberately destroying an artwork can get you sued.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Artists_Rights_Act
Rembrandt, Picasso, and Warhol do not have any rights anymore. They have all died.
And how would that compare, for you, to Julian Assange if he dies in prison ?
If I had to choose one? I’d burn the art to save a life. If he died and the artwork was destroyed, I would think that was two tragedies.
What’s the reason for that? Tried googling but couldn’t find anything on the reasoning for the law