The owners of all those images should sue Prince, certainly in civil court and, if appropriate, criminal court. Further, the Guggenheim, the auction houses and the galleries that showed this cretin's work should also be sued as co-conspirators. How is it that the entire art world bought into enlargements of REAL photographers' images as "art" without ever confronting Prince or THEMSELVES with the obvious: that this was stealing? Apparently, even the Guggenheim judges art by how much people are willing to pay for it or talk about it, as long as it isn't actually being used to sell something when they hang it on their walls. If people like the images, let them get in touch with the person who created them and pay them to blow it up, if that's how the buyer wants it to look on their wall. In fact, Jim Krantz and the others ought to start an online database where anyone who wants to can buy their images from them - not Prince. That ought to put Prince out of the photo copy business.
Sue 'em AND the Guggenheim AND the Auction Houses
The owners of all those images should sue Prince, certainly in civil court and, if appropriate, criminal court. Further, the Guggenheim, the auction houses and the galleries that showed this cretin's work should also be sued as co-conspirators. How is it that the entire art world bought into enlargements of REAL photographers' images as "art" without ever confronting Prince or THEMSELVES with the obvious: that this was stealing? Apparently, even the Guggenheim judges art by how much people are willing to pay for it or talk about it, as long as it isn't actually being used to sell something when they hang it on their walls. If people like the images, let them get in touch with the person who created them and pay them to blow it up, if that's how the buyer wants it to look on their wall. In fact, Jim Krantz and the others ought to start an online database where anyone who wants to can buy their images from them - not Prince. That ought to put Prince out of the photo copy business.