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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Donald Threatens to Sue Artist Over Her Trump Micropenis Portrait (now definitely NSFW!)
http://hyperallergic.com/292436/the-donald-threatens-to-sue-artist-over-her-trump-micropenis-portrait/The artist who gave the world a drawing of a nude Donald Trump with a small penis is facing a potential lawsuit from Trumps legal team if the painting sells. Illma Gore, whose pencil work is now on view at Maddox Gallery in the UK, received the legal threat three days ago from someone claiming to be from Trumps camp. She believes it is legitimate as the same caller had reached out to her last month with another legal threat, after she posted the drawing to her Facebook and had endless difficulty accessing her account.
The anonymous caller is suing Gore under claims to right of publicity, which gives individuals the right to control how his or her name, image, or likeness is used commercially. Under that law, Trump is entitled to a lump sum of what the painting would earn. It is currently priced at over 1.4 million USD, according to the Guardian. Gore remains unworried and is prepared to fight the case in court if it arrives....
Gore has already received a few offers for the drawing, titled Make America Great Again, facilitated through Maddox Gallery. The gallery had reached out to her to exhibit the work, which went on display on April 11 and has since drawn hundreds of visitors who have waited in line to see it. While a tattoo parlor in, naturally, Florida is offering to ink the image onto anyones body, many galleries in the US had refused to show the work for security reasons: Gore has received over a thousand death threats from strangers through Facebook and through email.
Its sad to me that in a country where the First Amendment grants freedom of speech which I love I cant show it here, Gore said. I just feel in the UK theyre a little more far removed from Trump so instead of having an immediate reaction to just his face they can actually see what I meant by it and the idea, and theyre able to appreciate it. But its still sad.
The anonymous caller is suing Gore under claims to right of publicity, which gives individuals the right to control how his or her name, image, or likeness is used commercially. Under that law, Trump is entitled to a lump sum of what the painting would earn. It is currently priced at over 1.4 million USD, according to the Guardian. Gore remains unworried and is prepared to fight the case in court if it arrives....
Gore has already received a few offers for the drawing, titled Make America Great Again, facilitated through Maddox Gallery. The gallery had reached out to her to exhibit the work, which went on display on April 11 and has since drawn hundreds of visitors who have waited in line to see it. While a tattoo parlor in, naturally, Florida is offering to ink the image onto anyones body, many galleries in the US had refused to show the work for security reasons: Gore has received over a thousand death threats from strangers through Facebook and through email.
Its sad to me that in a country where the First Amendment grants freedom of speech which I love I cant show it here, Gore said. I just feel in the UK theyre a little more far removed from Trump so instead of having an immediate reaction to just his face they can actually see what I meant by it and the idea, and theyre able to appreciate it. But its still sad.
Good luck with that, King Combover. The evidence will never hold up in court!
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The Donald Threatens to Sue Artist Over Her Trump Micropenis Portrait (now definitely NSFW!) (Original Post)
KamaAina
May 2016
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Streisand effect (IMAGE WARNING! ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO PASS BEYOND HERE)
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
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MFM008
(19,834 posts)1. good let him prove it
in court.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. What would be his first exhibit?
And would such exhibition itself be a chargeable offense?
dilby
(2,273 posts)3. Maybe he is a grower not a shower, lol great painting. N/t
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)4. Streisand effect (IMAGE WARNING! ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO PASS BEYOND HERE)
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